Stars and Stripes
Home Depot helps ‘Skelly’ arrive at Marine base in Japan in time for Halloween
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- Home Depot helps ‘Skelly’ arrive at Marine base in Japan in time for Halloween
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A Navy spouse determined to bring a towering skeleton from the United States to her home at a Marine Corps base south of Hiroshima reached a dead end in every possible way. But then Home Depot stepped in.
Read more at https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-10-23/skelly-halloween-decoration-marines-japan-15607474.html
Footage by Jonathan Snyder/Stars and Stripes
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Contents of time capsule revealed after 100 years at National WW1 Museum and Memorial
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The National WWI Museum and Memorial unveiled items from a time capsule which was enclosed in the cornerstone of the original Liberty Memorial when it was dedicated nearly 100 years ago on October 16, 1924. Designed to provide a record of what was to be, "The War to End All Wars,” and as a tribute to those who made the Liberty Memorial’s construction possible. Items included: unsealed messages from President Calvin Coolidge and General John J. Pershing; a photograph of the dedication of the site; a glass tube containing food producing seeds of the day; various photos and documents of historic significance and period newspapers. Watch this video for details.
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- Great ShakeOut preps air base residents in Japan for inevitable earthquakes
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The “room” attached to the back of a Tokyo Fire Department truck shook shake violently as the occupants crouched beneath a flimsy table at this airlift hub in western Tokyo. Set to recreate the experience of a magnitude 7 earthquake, the simulator shook the entire truck for about 30 seconds. It was part of the Great ShakeOut, an earthquake preparedness event at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
Read more at https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-10-17/earthquake-prep-yokota-japan-15535493.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- PGA Hope concludes at Congressional
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) is a national program that introduces golf to veterans and active-duty military to enhance their physical, mental, social and emotional well-being. The vets conclude their training by playing at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md.. Watch this video for details.
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- Sights and sounds from the 40th annual Army Ten-Miler
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Check out the highlights from the 40th annual Army Ten-Miler. Watch this video for details.
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- Navy helicopter makes ‘precautionary landing’ on Japanese beach
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A U.S. Navy helicopter resumed its flight four hours after making a “precautionary landing” Thursday on a beach about 30 miles southwest of Tokyo.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-10-09/navy-atsugi-helicopter-chigasaki-15460926.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Sights and sounds: South Korea shows off arsenal during Seoul parade
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- South Korea, during its Armed Forces Day parade on Oct. 1, 2024, unveiled a weapon it says is capable of taking out North Korea’s leadership. Meanwhile, a U.S. B-1B Lancer made a rare flight over the capital.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-10-01/south-korea-military-parade-lancer-15366070.html
Imagery by David Choi and Luis Garcia/Stars and Stripes
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- SEAL Team actor visits National Museum of the Marine Corps with USO
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- David Boreanaz, an actor from SEAL Team visited Quantico and the Washington, D.C. area with the USO to participate in a mission immersion. Stars and Stripes talked to him while he visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Watch this video for details.
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- USS Bulkeley launching missiles
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bulkeley launching missiles in defense of an Iranian attack on Israel.
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- Win 10 million yen for catching Japan’s most elusive mythical creature
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- North America has the Sasquatch. Scotland has the Loch Ness Monster. Japan has the kappa. Use bamboo poles baited with cucumber to fish for these mythical critters at Kappabuchi Pool in Tono, a city in Iwate prefecture.
Learn more at www.stripes.com.
Footage by Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes
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- New exhibits set to open at the National Museum of the Marine Corps
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The National Museum of the Marine Corps is hosted a private media day in preparation for the public opening of its two newest galleries on U.S. Marine Corps operations. The new 20,000 square foot exhibit will feature hundreds of artifacts from all major U.S. Marine Corps operations from post-Cold War through Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Watch this video for details.
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- Vet owned CBD business aims to help
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- United States Army veteran Craig Henderson is also the chief executive officer at Extract Labs, a cannabis company located in Boulder, CO. Extract Labs aims to give vets an alternative form of coping with stress like PTSD with CBD products. Watch this video for details.
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- Video ads remind Japanese commuters about North Korean abduction case from 1977
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A 15-second video playing every six minutes in the world’s busiest train stations reminds millions of commuters of a 13-year-old Japanese girl kidnapped from her home nearly five decades ago by North Korean agents.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-08-23/north-korea-abductee-megumi-yokota-14951251.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Navy’s oldest operational warship wraps up longest patrol in 5 years
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Sailors in their dress whites manned the rails of the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge as it steamed into Tokyo Bay on Aug. 20, 2024, concluding its longest deployment in five years.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-08-21/navy-blue-ridge-yokosuka-japan-14930832.html
Photos by Alex Wilson/Stars and Stripes
and the U.S. Navy
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Texas based Army brigade rehearses sudden deployment to South Korea
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- About 800 soldiers from the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team at Fort Bliss, Texas, are testing the Army’s ability to quickly deploy and defend South Korea in case of war.
Imagery by David Choi and Luis Garcia/Stars and Stripes
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- Democrat VP pick has military background
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, asked Nebraska and Minnesota National Guard veteran, Gov. Tim Walz, to be her running mate in the 2024 United States Presidential race. Watch this video for details.
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- Watch NORAD intercept Russian and Chinese bombers off Alaska’s coast
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- U.S. and Canadian fighters with North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted four bombers – two Russian and two Chinese – flying off Alaska’s coast, Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
Video footage by the Russian Defense Ministry
Still images by the U.S. Department of Defense
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Mexican tall ship ARM Cuauhtemoc departs Japanese naval base after port call
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The ARM Cuauhtemoc, a training ship of the Mexican navy, set sail Wednesday from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force base at Yokosuka, Japan, after a five-day visit. The Cuauhtemoc berthed at the Hemi Dock adjacent to Yokosuka Naval Base, home of the U.S. 7th Fleet. Its stop coincided with the 415th anniversary of friendship between the peoples of Mexico and Japan. The tall ship was commissioned in 1982 and displaces 1,800 tons. Its crew of 276 includes approximately 90 officer cadets. Its next destination is Incheon, South Korea.
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- Overcoming Adversity: Re-Walk episode 4
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- "Overcoming Adversity," is a new video series from Stars and Stripes which highlights current and former military personnel and shows their adverse circumstance and how they overcame the challenge. In the first season, we highlight former Marine, Brittany Elliot. Elliott, became a quadriplegic after getting into an accident with a drunk driver. She now has usage of her extremities by using ReWalk. Episode 4 delves into the Re-Walk device. Watch this video for details.
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- Enjoying the rides at Ramstein's Freedom Fest
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Visitors to Ramstein Air Base's Freedom Fest enjoy the carnival rides. Although it was wet and chilly on the first day of the two-day fest, people were having fun.
Video by Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
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- Marines on Okinawa issued new amphibious combat vehicles
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Marine Corps received a shipment of new Amphibious Combat Vehicles or ACVs, eight-wheeled armored personnel carriers designed to move troops from ship to shore, at an Okinawa port over the weekend.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-07-01/marines-on-okinawa-offload-amphibious-combat-vehicles-14352384.html
Footage by U.S. Marine Corps
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Overcoming Adversity: Rehabilitation ep. 3
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- "Overcoming Adversity," is a new video series from Stars and Stripes which highlights current and former military personnel and shows their adverse circumstance and how they overcame the challenge. In the first season, we highlight former Marine, Brittany Elliot. Elliott, became a quadriplegic after getting into an accident with a drunk driver. She now has usage of her extremities by using ReWalk. Episode 3 explores her rehabilitation process.
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- Disney, Fisher House provide care packages to families at Walter Reed location
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Representatives of Disney visited the Water Reed Fisher House and delivered care packages and special surprises to the families who stay at the location. Watch this video for details.
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- Sights and sounds: Hydrangeas blooming across Japan mark the start of rainy season
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Hydrangeas blooming in June mark the start of Japan’s rainy season.
Meigetsuin Temple, also known as Ajisai-dera, or Hydrangea Temple, in Kamakura city near Yokosuka Naval Base, had already attracted many visitors with its hydrangeas in full bloom ahead of the coming rain, forecast by the Japan Weather Association to begin Thursday.
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Army celebrates 249th birthday at Twilight Tattoo
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The United States Army celebrated its 249th birthday at Twilight Tattoo. Twilight Tattoo is an action-packed military show featuring soldiers from the U.S. Army Military District of Washington’s ceremonial units, the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own."
Christine Wormuth, the Secretary of the Army, will hosted Twilight
Tattoo to celebrate the Army's 249th birthday. Watch this video for details.
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- Harbor security training using blank rounds draws protesters to Navy base in Japan
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- U.S. Navy harbor security boats raced through waters near the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet and fired hundreds of blank rounds Wednesday, part of a three-day exercise that drew protests earlier in the week.
Read more: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-06-05/harbor-security-blank-rounds-japan-14085657.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Miss America at Normandy
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Miss America 2024, U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh speaks with Stripes about the importance of D-Day commemoration at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
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- Government-run aquarium showcases freshwater environment south of Tokyo
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Just 30 miles northwest of U.S. Army Japan’s headquarters, Aquarium Sagamihara boasts a 131-foot tank of flowing water that replicates a living river environment.
Read more: https://www.stripes.com/living/pacific_travel/quick_trips/2024-05-30/japan-aquarium-sagamihara-zama-13999407.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Overcoming Adversity: The crash ep. 2
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- "Overcoming Adversity," is a new video series from Stars and Stripes which highlights current and former military personnel and shows their adverse circumstance and how they overcame the challenge. In the first season, we highlight former Marine, Brittany Elliot. Elliott, became a quadriplegic after getting into an accident with a drunk driver. She now has usage of her extremities by using ReWalk. Episode 2 explores the crash which left Elliot paralyzed.
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- Eisenhower Monument unveiled for D-Day 80th anniversary
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- American military leaders past and present were on hand June 3, 2024, to unveil a statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the heart of Sainte-Mère-Église, in France's Normandy region
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- Rite of spring: Army base on Okinawa sees season’s first green sea turtle
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A 100-million-year-old reproductive ritual continued Wednesday at this small Army installation on Okinawa’s western coast. A green sea turtle crawled ashore at Torii Beach, methodically dug a hole next to a Morale, Welfare and Recreation pavilion and went to work laying and burying her eggs in the sand.
READ MORE: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-05-31/green-sea-turtle-eggs-army-okinawa-14035307.html
Video footage by Keishi Koja/Stars and Stripes
Still imagery from the U.S. Army
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- 101st Airborne Division D-Day air assault
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) held an air assault demonstration in Carentan, France, on June 2, 2024, as part of the events marking the 80th anniversary of the world War II D-Day invasion,
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- Sights and sounds: Japanese soldiers practice regaining control of remote island
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Watch members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force practice regaining control of a remote island during the 66th annual Fuji Firepower Exercise near Mount Fuji. About $5.3 million worth of ammunition was fired during the daylong training, which included about 3,000 soldiers, a dozen aircraft, 53 tanks or armored vehicles, and 38 cannons, according to the Ministry of Defense.
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- South Korea released rare video of North’s failed satellite launch
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- South Korea for the first time has released video footage of a North Korean satellite launch, which failed Monday night and scattered debris over the Yellow Sea.
Footage by South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Overcoming Adversity: Introducing Brittany Elliott ep. 1
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- "Overcoming Adversity," is a new video series from Stars and Stripes which highlights current and former military personnel and shows their adverse circumstance and how they overcame the challenge. In the first season, we highlight former Marine, Brittany Elliot. Elliott, became a quadriplegic after getting into an accident with a drunk driver. She now has usage of her extremities by using ReWalk. Episode 1 tells Elliott's story about joining the Marines.
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- Poppy Wall Honors fallen at National Mall
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor – a temporary installation honoring the more than 600,000 American service members who gave their lives in service to our nation since World War I – is back at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for Memorial Day weekend. Watch this video for details.
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- Sights and sounds: 85th annual Black Ship Festival in Shimoda, Japan
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- More than 200,000 people visited Shimoda, about 80 miles southwest of Tokyo, for the 85th annual Black Ship Festival, May 17-19, 2024. The event commemorates Commodore Matthew Perry’s arrival in July 1853 and the subsequent signing — under the threat of force — of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Peace and Amity.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-22/black-ship-japan-commodore-perry-13935529.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Wave Warrior spearheaded by 302 Interactive, XR Training
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Recently, XR Training landed an OTA deal to build Amphibious Combat Vehicle Trainer for the United States Marines with 302 Interactive. Watch this video for details.
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- USS Ronald Reagan takes leave of Japanese port is has called home since 2015
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Nearly 400 sailors in their dress whites manned the USS Ronald Reagan’s rails Thursday morning as the aircraft carrier steamed out of Tokyo Bay on its final deployment from Japan.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-16/ronald-reagan-carrier-departs-japan-13873061.html
Produced by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes
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- Fisher House offers vets comfort
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Fisher House Foundation builds comfort homes where military and veteran families can stay free of charge, while a loved one is in the hospital. These homes are located at military and VA medical centers around the world. Watch this video for details.
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- Voices of D-Day: 'German leadership gone'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The son of a World War II German field marshal talks about his father’s reaction to the news of the D-Day invasion in Part 11 of a series of interviews conducted by the World War II Foundation. This footage was part of the 2014 documentary, "Day of Days: June 6, 1944."
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- Voices of D-Day: 'Casualties on the beaches'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Veterans look back on their experiences on D-Day, June 6, 1944, in Part 10 of a series of interviews conducted by the World War II Foundation. This footage was part of the 2014 documentary, "Day of Days: June 6, 1944."
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- Voices of D-Day: 'Cliffs of Pointe du Hoc'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Veterans look back on their experiences at Pointe du Hoc on D-Day, June 6, 1944, in Part 9 of a series of interviews conducted by the World War II Foundation. This footage was part of the 2014 documentary, "Day of Days: June 6, 1944."
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- Voices of D-Day: 'Omaha Beach'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Veterans remember landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944, in Part 8 of a series of interviews conducted by the World War II Foundation. This footage was part of the 2014 documentary, "Day of Days: June 6, 1944."
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- Voices of D-Day: 'Utah Beach'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Veterans recall landing on Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944, in Part 7 of a series of interviews conducted by the World War II Foundation. This footage was part of the 2014 documentary, "Day of Days: June 6, 1944."
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- Voices of D-Day: 'Normandy beaches'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Veterans look back at the D-Day landings in Part 6 of a series of interviews conducted by the World War II Foundation. This footage was part of the 2014 documentary, "Day of Days: June 6, 1944."
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- Voices of D-Day: 'Forever changed'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Veterans talk about their experiences on D-Day in Part 5 of a series of interviews conducted by the World War II Foundation. This footage was part of the 2014 documentary, "Day of Days: June 6, 1944."
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- Voices of D-Day: 'The jump'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Veterans recall the D-Day air invasion in Part 4 of a series of interviews conducted by the World War II Foundation. This footage was part of the 2014 documentary, "Day of Days: June 6, 1944."
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- Voices of D-Day: 'Paratroopers'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Veterans talk about preparation for the D-Day air invasion in Part 3 of a series of interviews conducted by the World War II Foundation. This footage was part of the 2014 documentary, "Day of Days: June 6, 1944."
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- Voices of D-Day: 'Briefings'
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Veterans share memories of their D-Day mission briefings in Part 2 of a series of interviews conducted by the World War II Foundation. This footage was part of the 2014 documentary, "Day of Days: June 6, 1944."
