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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 585

Normandy

German and US soldiers at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany honor Nathan Baskind's remains after their excavation. (US Army)
June 7, 2024, 12:55 am
Jewish D-Day veteran to be reburied in Normandy after 80 years in Nazi mass grave
Excavation team led by Operation Benjamin foundation found remains of Nate Baskind, an American-Jewish soldier who died in a POW camp
By Andrew Lapin
Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza (C) joins anti-Israel protesters preparing to march through central London, on May 18, 2024. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
June 3, 2024, 6:41 am
French Jews decry Normandy region plan to honor pro-Hamas journalist
Motaz Azaiza to receive Liberty Prize at D-Day event for ‘telling story of those affected by war,’ despite apparent praise for terror group and refusal to condemn October 7
By Canaan Lidor
World War II reenactors gather on Omaha Beach during a commemoration ceremony of the 78th anniversary of D-Day in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, June 6, 2022. (AP/Jeremias Gonzalez)
June 6, 2022, 12:21 pm
Crowds pay tribute to fallen on 78th anniversary of D-Day, with war again in Europe
Veterans and war reenactors return to Normandy, after 2 years of limited activity due to COVID-19 restrictions, to honor Allied soldiers who liberated Europe from Nazis
By Sylvie Corbet and Jeff Schaeffer
World War II reenactors gather on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, June 6, 2021, the day of 77th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II. (David Vincent/AP)
June 6, 2021, 4:14 pm
Still under shadow of coronavirus, Normandy commemorates D-Day with small crowds
For 2nd year, anniversary events marked by travel restrictions that prevent veterans or families of fallen soldiers from making trip to France
By Sylvie Corbet
The official opening ceremony of the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer, on the 77th anniversary of D-Day, on June 6, 2021. (Sameer Al-DOUMY / POOL / AFP)
June 6, 2021, 4:14 pm
British memorial to D-Day fallen opens in France
160 standing stones are inscribed with the names of 22,442 men and women who lost their lives during the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France in 1944
By Chloé COUPEAU
US President Donald Trump speaks during an event on "transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
October 10, 2019, 2:57 am
Trump defends Syria pullout, saying Kurds did not ‘help us in Normandy’
Comments come hours after Turkey launches air and ground assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria
By AFP
US President Donald Trump, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron reach out to shake hands during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, June 6, 2019. (AP/David Vincent)
June 6, 2019, 10:44 pm
Trump lauds ‘unbreakable’ trans-Atlantic alliance as D-Day anniversary marked
US president attends 75th anniversary event where French President Macron tells him ‘America is never as big as when it is fighting for the freedom of others’
By Jerome Cartillier and Joseph Schmid
Queen Elizabeth II speaks with President Donald Trump during an event to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day in Portsmouth, England, June 5, 2019 (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
June 5, 2019, 4:00 pm
Queen, Trump, world leaders honor veterans on D-Day anniversary
With nonagenarian ex-soldiers taking center stage, UK, France launch ‘unprecedented commemorations’ of history’s largest amphibious attack, the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany
By AP
In this photo dated May 8, 2014, Bernard Dargols poses during an interview with the Associated Press at his home in La Garenne-Colombes, outside Paris, France (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
April 30, 2019, 3:47 pm
Bernard Dargols, only French GI to fight at Omaha Beach in WWII, dies at 98
Former soldier, whose family has Jewish origins, left France in 1938 for an internship in the US and enlisted after seeing France’s Vichy leader shake hands with Adolf Hitler
By AFP
Walter Bingham prepares to skydive over northern Israel. (via UK Jewish News)
From the WebOctober 22, 2018, 8:58 am
WWII vet, 94, becomes Israel’s oldest skydiver
Walter Bingham jumps from 4-km altitude over Haifa, 74 years after landing in Normandy in 1944; vows to do so again, UK Jewish News reports
In this undated photo, provided by family member Susan Lawrence on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, twin brothers Julius Pieper, left, and Ludwig Pieper in their U.S. Navy uniforms. (Susan Lawrence via AP)
June 20, 2018, 1:14 pm
American twin brothers reunited in burial 74 years after WWII death at Normandy
Born of German immigrant parents, siblings from South Dakota interred side by side after Julius Heinrich Otto ‘Henry’ Pieper’s remains identified in 2017
By MARK D. CARLSON and VIRGINIA MAYO
This June 6, 1944, file photo shows American soldiers of the Allied Expeditionary Force securing a beachhead during initial landing operations at Normandy, France. (AP Photo/Weston Haynes, File)
May 18, 2018, 1:59 am
Respected British magazine publishes defense of Nazi German troops
Far-right Spectator columnist Taki says readers should feel sorry for Wehrmacht soldiers at Normandy, who were ‘sitting ducks’
By JTA
In this June 6, 2005, photo Don Malarkey, American veteran from the 101st airborne "Easy" Company," attends ceremonies to commemorate the Allied D-Day landings of World War II, on Utah Beach, northwestern France. (AP Photo/Franck Prevel)
October 2, 2017, 12:44 am
WW2 paratrooper Donald Malarkey, portrayed in ‘Band of Brothers,’ dies at 96
Easy Company commando fought Germans in France, Netherlands, Belgium and landed behind enemy lines at Normandy
By AP
Archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun blesses Father Jacques Hamel's coffin at the Rouen cathedral in northern France on August 2, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU)
August 3, 2016, 1:20 am
France lays to rest priest slain by jihadists
With Christians, Muslims and Jews in attendance, reconciliation forms main theme of service for Father Jacques Hamel
By Hervé LIONNET
A Muslim woman looks on as people attend Mass in tribute to priest Jacques Hamel in the Rouen Cathedral on July 31, 2016. (AFP/Charly Triballeau)
July 31, 2016, 2:32 pm
French Catholics, Muslims join in prayer to mourn priest
Thousands attend mass near Normandy town where two jihadist teens brutally murdered Jacques Hamel, 85, last week
By Hervé LIONNET
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