Veterans recall Paris liberation 75 years later
US WWII veterans in Paris for ceremonies recall Normandy and D-Day, recount survival, terror, and gratitude. Harold Angle, Steve Melnikoff, Donald Cobb, Harold Radish, Gregory Melikian and other Allied veterans share memories of front lines, POW camps, and the fall of Paris as Allied forces mark the 75th anniversary with ceremonies and reflection.
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Paris
Europe
U.S
Harold Angle
France
Associated Press
Angle
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania
Normandy
Hitler
Donald Cobb
Evansville
Indiana
Greatest Generations Foundation
Harold Radish
Germany
Brooklyn
Wall Street
Brazil military begins ops to fight Amazon fires
Brazil plans unprecedented fire-fighting ops with 44 000 troops deployed to six states including Roraima Rondônia Tocantins Pará Acre and Mato Grosso. First mission 700 troops around Porto Velho using two C 130 aircraft to dump water as protests and international pressure rise over Bolsonaro’s response and regional fires.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Amazon
Fernando Azevedo
Roraima
Rondonia
Tocantins
Para
Acre
Mato Grosso
Porto Velho
Azevedo
Associated Press
Jair Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro
U.S
Donald Trump
Brazil
Neri Dos Santos Silva
Nova Santa Helena
Leo Correa
Iranian oil tanker heads toward Turkey amid U S pursuit
The Iranian flagged tanker Adrian Darya 1 formerly Grace 1 updated its AIS to Mersin Turkey, though mariners may input false destinations. Greek authorities refused aid, while Washington warns ports about facilitating the vessel carrying 2.1 million barrels valued around 130 million dollars amid U S sanctions and Tehran’s nuclear deal dispute.
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Dubai
United Arab Emirates
U.S
Tehran
Washington
Turkey
Greece
America
Iran
Mersin
Baniyas
Syria
Gibraltar
Adrian Darya
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Russia
MarineTraffic.com
Sicily
Mediterranean Sea
State Department
Mediterranean
Trump
Islamic Republic
Adrian Grace
Revolutionary Guard
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Kalamata
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Cockeysville
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D-Day
Gregory Melikian
Phoenix
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Versailles
28Th Infantry
Champs Elysees
Arc de Triomphe
Peter J. Carroll
Emmanuel Macron
European Union
Group of Seven
Macron
Bolivia
Paraguay
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