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  2. National D-Day Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The National D-Day Memorial is a war memorial located in Bedford, Virginia. It serves as the national memorial for American D-Day veterans. However, its scope is international in that it states, "In Tribute to the valor, fidelity and sacrifice of Allied Forces on D-Day, June 6, 1944" and commends all Allied Armed Forces during the D-Day ...

  3. Bedford, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The United States Congress warranted that this memorial would be the nation's D-Day Memorial and President Bill Clinton authorized this effort in September 1996. President George W. Bush dedicated this memorial as the nation's D-Day memorial on June 6, 2001. Bedford lost more residents per capita in the Normandy landings than any other American ...

  4. 80 years ago, on the beaches of Normandy, WWII shifted ... - AOL

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    Almost 4,500 of them were killed on D-Day and 5,800 were wounded or missing. German casualties were estimated at 4,000 to 9,000. German casualties were estimated at 4,000 to 9,000.

  5. List of statues of Joseph Stalin - Wikipedia

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    A bust of Stalin was erected at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia in 2010, [22] but after controversy was soon removed for a planned relocation on the site. [23] It had not reappeared as of March 2019. [24]

  6. 116th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The regiment, along with the 4th Virginia and the 49th Iowa, became part of the Third Brigade of the corps' Second Division. [3] On 12 August, the Protocol of Peace was signed, ending the combat phase of the war. The Second Virginia was ordered to be mustered out, and on 19 September left its temporary camp at Pablo Beach for home stations. The ...

  7. D-Day: Remembering the battle to liberate Europe

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    Originally Operation Overlord's D-Day was set for June 5, but bad weather delayed D-Day until June 6, 1944. It was the largest invasion by sea in history, involving more than 850,000 troops ...

  8. List of memorials to George C. Marshall - Wikipedia

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    Plaque dedicated to General Marshall at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. Erected on November 11, 2004 by the Virginia Military Institute Class of 1943. Life-size Marshall statue by Asbjørn Høglund on the Akershus Quay in Oslo, Norway. Dedicated on June 15, 2008 by Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre. [22]

  9. New Bedford ceremony Sunday to honor servicemen killed in D ...

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    NEW BEDFORD – The city Veterans’ Advisory Board Sunday will honor the 749 United States sailors and soldiers who lost their lives during the devastating April 28, 1944 attack on the U.S ...