Ambassador Gavin Commemorates D-Day in France
June 6, 1962 - U.S. Ambassador James M. Gavin (pictured in 1944), who landed in France 18 years ago as a paratroop general, led...
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Mar 7, 2022
Seventeenth Anniversary of WWII Crossing at Remagen
Mar. 7, 1962 - The United States flag flew today on the Remagen railroad bridge over the Rhine, where 17 years ago G.I.’s forced their...
Sep 7, 2021
Admiral Ramsey, Former Commander of Pacific Fleet, Dead at 72
Sept. 7, 1961 - Admiral DeWitt Clinton Ramsey, former commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, died today in the Philadelphia Naval...
Jul 7, 2021
General MacArthur Revisits Leyte Island
July 7, 1961 - General Douglas MacArthur (pictured in 1944) arrived today in triumph on Leyte Island where 16 years ago he waded ashore...
Jul 5, 2021
General MacArthur Returns to the Philippines
July 3, 1961 - General Douglas MacArthur returned today to the Philippines, a land he has long known and a people he loves. Nearly 2...
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