Opening of National D-Day Museum Honors WWII Vets in New Orleans
In New Orleans on the 56th anniversary of D‑Day the National D‑Day Museum opened with a flyover by 54 planes as eight Medal of Honor recipients and thousands of veterans gathered. Retired Sgt. Charles H. Porkes and Arnold Smith shared memories while Stephen Ambrose and Steven Spielberg attended. Defense Secretary William Cohen and other officials paid tribute as veterans recalled campaigns in New Guinea and the Philippines. About 10,000 World War II veterans attended four days of ceremonies amid confetti and somber remembrances.
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Charles H. Porkes
Arnold Smith
Superdome
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Porbes
New Guinea
Philippines
New Orleans
Olden Ledet
Jim Breland
Smith
Pecola
Okla
Stephen Ambrose
Defense
William Cohen
Stephen Spielberg
Private Ryan
Jack Hoffler
Hertford
N.C
Ambrose
National
Dday Museum
Tourism up in Tazewell County boosts museum visitors
Officials report a rise in regional tourism with Historic Crab Orchard Museum in Tazewell seeing higher admissions and ticket sales over five months, aided by school visits and international guests from Japan, Germany, France and Elland. Pocahontas Exhibition Mine tourism remains down slightly. Mine reopened April 1 with expectations of a summer rise, hampered by lack of a marketing budget.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Crab Orchard Museum
Pocahontas Exhibition Mine
Pocahontas
Japan
Germany
France
Elland
Virginia
Exhibition Mine
Greg Jones
Jones
Feet to Beat Diabetes march kicks off in Bluefield
Feet to Beat Diabetes supporters march in Bluefield City Park to raise awareness of a disease affecting 16 million Americans. Andrea Culbertson cites her daughter Mary Beth diagnosed with Type I diabetes and using an insulin pump since last May. Registration at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, march start 10:30 a.m. at Bluefield Lotto Park. volunteers and teams welcome via 1-888-342-2383 or 1-304-768-2596.
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Bluefield City Park
Andrea Culbertson
Culbertson
Mary Beth
American Diabetes Association
Bluefield Lotto Park
Meningococcal Vaccine Shown Safe for Infants in Study
British researchers tested the meningococcal vaccine on 182 infants in Oxfordshire and found long lasting antibodies. The study, published in JAMA, notes Britain began routine use in 1999 but the US faces two to three years for approval. Meningococcal disease accounts for about one third of the 3000 US cases yearly.
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England
Journal of the American Medical Association
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United States
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Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
U.S
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