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D-Day Remembered Across Allies Invasion of Normandy
Larry Hypes, a Bluefield High School teacher and Daily Telegraph columnist, reflects on the June 6 1944 Normandy invasion. He notes Allied forces including Americans British Canadians and Australians storming the French coast with thousands of ships and paratroopers. He highlights medical personnel chaplains and the broader sacrifice of troops and civilians while recalling Roosevelt personal leadership and Teddy Roosevelt Jr. heroic service and death.
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France
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Teddy” Roosevelt
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George R. Barber
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Larry Hypes
Bluefield High School
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