Normandy Invasion Looms Over Aiken Community
The Aiken Standard chronicles local reaction as D-Day looms with banner headline invasion army speeds onward. Firemen battle a hay stack blaze, police chase a NC killer, and civic figures like W Earl Eidson and Judge Wilder figure in weekend headlines before war bonds prompt a surge in purchases led by Christie Benet.
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Philip Pillsbury
Baking Goods Company
The
Kings
Standard and Review
Aiken
Ben Crosland
North Carolina
W. Earl Eidson
Bath
House of Representatives
M.A. Wilder
Fritz Schulhofer
American Legion
Europe
France
Benet
Thurmond Gibbons Honored at WWII Ceremony in D.C.
Fifty six lawmakers and two cabinet members were honored by the Defense Department at the Smithsonian. Sen. Strom Thurmond and Rep. Sam Gibbons received commemorative medals for World War II service. Thurmond, 91, fought on D Day with the 82nd Airborne after serving as civil affairs officer in liberated towns. Gibbons, 74, parachuted with the 101st Airborne and helped secure the Douve River line. Gibbons to attend ceremonies in France. Thurmond to attend his son’s high school graduation.
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Washington
Normandy
Congress
Pentagon
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
Defense Department
Warren Christopher
Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
Thurmond
Gibbons
Defense
William Perry
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum
Ste. Merc-Eglise
Chris Cimko
Ms. Cimko
82Nd
She Gibbons
Soist
101St Airborne Division
Rich Davis
Davis
Douve River
France
Veterans Commemorate D-Day With Weather Rebels and Reminiscences
In La Cambe German veterans recall fallen comrades at Normandy’s largest cemetery as rain and 35 mph winds threaten to spoil the day. In Portsmouth British celebrations feature medals, mothballed uniforms, and a royal party at Southsea Common and Beating the Retreat.
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la Cambe
France
Normandy
Europe
Portsmouth
Southsea Common
Wright
Gunelec
Solent
Mater
Ays Wright
Gen. Eisenhower
Britannia
U.S
George Washington
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Presbyterian Church
A.D. Howard
Leion
Gault Robertson
Charles Seymour
W.M. Lever
Charles Shealy
F.E. Ardrey
God
Winston Churchill
Berlin
Christie Benet
University of South Carolina
Associated Press
Thurmund
Southwick House
Eisenhower
Portsmouth Guildhall
Southsea Castle
Portsmouth Shore
To, France
Vine Tedh
Pjockey
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