Normandy recalled on Memorial Day across the nation
Memorial Day pro grams and ceremonies marked the 50th anniversary of D-Day while President Clinton met with veterans at the White House and Arlington National Cemetery. From Rhode Island to Georgia, observers remembered Normandy and those who fought there, with tributes also honoring Vietnam and Civil War veterans and fallen Marines.
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Pawtucket
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Rossi
Rhode Island Veteran’s Cemetery
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White House
Arlington National Cemetery
Veterans Affairs Hospital
Navy
Marietta National Cemetery
Georgia
Bristol War Memorial
Virginia
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Washington, D.C
Lewis Puller Jr
Puller
Vietnam
Atlanta
Charles Brittian Jr
Fredericksburg
San Jose
Calif
Russia
Fort Ross
Memories of D-Day and hedgerow fighting recall by veteran Stegall
Memoir of 72 year old Mesa cabinetmaker and former North Carolina National Guard private first class who landed on Utah Beach after D-Day. He recalls war debris, life vests, hanging bodies from trees, shattered gliders, and German hedgerow battles that defined a long march home. He shares lighter moments, wine cellars, foxhole candle tricks, and a rare prisoner capture with a German pistol.
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Stegall
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Monroe
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National Guard
Normandy
Government to auction foreign gifts held in two vaults
Inspector general report says no public sale since 1981 due to sensitivities over gifts from foreign governments. GSA plans to advertise the sale of items from two government vaults in Philadelphia as foreign gifts, with items unlinked to origin or recipients. State Department will review items for embarrassment. Auction could occur as early as late summer. proceeds go to the U.S. Treasury.
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State Department
U.S
Lester Gray
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Philadelphia
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George Bush
China
Allies photograph Auschwitz sights amid war reflections
1944 1994 remark on Holocaust as central evil symbol. Reconnaissance photos reveal crematoria gas chambers and barracks at Auschwitz. Historians note Allies focus on an adjacent oil plant while Auschwitz administrators profit from gold teeth. Churchill and King George VI debate watching D Day from a Channel ship.
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Hitler
Auschwitz
Martin Gilbert
Gilbert
Third Reich
Winston Churchill
George VI
English
Churchill
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