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alex kershaw

@kershaw_alex

2 years

RIP Woody Williams, the last surviving MOH recipient from WW2. All gone. All 472. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

@kershaw_alex

3 months

Happy 100th to Charles Shay, last living medic from Omaha Beach on D Day. Photo taken today. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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2 years

RIP, Simone Segouin, 97, died yesterday, proud member of the French resistance, famously photographed by Robert Capa and others in August 1944, aged 18, as she liberated Paris. Never to be forgotten. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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RIP Louis Conter, died today, 102, last survivor of 335 from the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. All gone. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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4 months

The first Americans to fight on D Day, Stick 1 of 502nd PIR pathfinders, photographed around this time 80 years ago.

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alex kershaw

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And then there were none. RIP Brad Freeman, last surviving member of E Company, last of the legendary Band of Brothers. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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9 months

Please like if you agree this is the best WWII documentary series ever made.

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9 months

@kershaw_alex An important anniversary to note: 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the broadcast of this landmark series. The music alone is hauntingly beautiful. Rewatching the series, still amazed by the interviews.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

With the last living officer from Omaha Beach, Major General John Raaen, 102 years old. 80 years ago, he was a 22-year-old captain leading the Headquarters Company of the 5th Ranger Battalion, making final preparations to land in the third wave on D DAY. He served the US for 36.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

The first plane carrying the first Americans to fight on D Day has just left the ground, bound for Normandy.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Celebrating Allied success on D Day with Norman Shay, last living medic from Omaha Beach. Charles turns 100 this June 27th.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

With Charles Shay, last living medic from Omaha Beach, pulling wounded men from bloody shallows right now 80 years ago. He turns 100 on 27 June.

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alex kershaw

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4 years

"I was a Combat Engineer. Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering." Happy 94th birthday corporal Mel Brooks, Battle of Bulge Jewish veteran, combat engineer 78th Inf. Div.. #WWII #MelBrooks #AntiFascist

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alex kershaw

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1 year

"We live in a free world today because in 1945 the forces of imperfect goodness defeated the forces of near perfect-evil." French consulate official addressing US veterans. So many men, all gone, remembered today, who gave everything for us. Never forget them.

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alex kershaw

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Paying my respects to my late father and to his fellow British who made last stand at Arnhem at the old church in Oosterbeek 80 years ago. This is the most moving place I have been as a Brit in Europe.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Remembering the Niland brothers, inspiration for the movie Saving Private Ryan, lying side by side in Normandy today. 44 other sets of brothers are side by side among the 9387 dead at the American cemetery .

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Captain Frank Lillyman, a pathfinder from the Screaming Eagles, has just become the first American to land in Normandy on D Day.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

The words inscribed inside the chapel at Coleville sur Mer graveyard where 9387 Americans lie in peace today.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Happy 95th birthday, Lucille Hoback Boggess, holding pictures of her brothers, both killed on D Day.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Retiring the flag at Coleville sur Mer where 9387 Americans rest in peace.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

80 years ago at this time. Allied Supreme Commander, Dwight Eisenhower, talking about fishing with Lt. Wallace Strobel, E Company, 502nd PIR, with Number 23. The photograph was taken at around 8.30pm in England. Strobel would survive the war. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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12 days

This is why the Dutch will never forget. We should do the same in the US.

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Today, schoolchildren laid flowers on the graves of fallen soldiers at the Airborne Cemetery in Oosterbeek, a tradition that has become the emotional highlight for families and locals. Veterans of the Battle of #Arnhem gave the children the honorary title of "Flower Children."

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alex kershaw

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4 months

34 Bedford Boys in A Company, 116th Infantry Regiment, have left England. 19 will be dead in less than 24 hours.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Where the first Americans broke out on Utah this morning.

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alex kershaw

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Dog Green sector, Omaha Beach, now littered with corpses and body parts and where The Bedford Boys have been killed this morning. The deadliest sands on D Day. The exit has still not been secured.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Bedford Boy Roy Stevens, Omaha Beach, remembering his identical twin brother Ray, killed 6 June 1944.

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alex kershaw

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The aftermath. Fishermen look at the corpses of some of the more than 900 Americans killed yesterday on Omaha Beach. By the amazing Robert Capa.

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alex kershaw

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A Bridge Too Far…80 years later. Never felt so English. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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alex kershaw

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Bullet-holed bible in 1000-year old church where best of us Brits fought to bitter end 80 years ago after nine days of hell at Arnhem.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Pure guts and grit. Rangers at Pointe du Hoc after a relief force reached them this morning and finally ended their nightmare of combat since June 6th. From 225 men who scaled the cliffs, just 90 could still stand and fight.

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alex kershaw

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1 month

RIP Guy Prestia, Sicily to Dachau. 102. One of The Liberator’s last surviving warriors.

alex kershaw

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5 years

Last man standing. So I called Guy Prestia, a true superstar of WWII. I defy you to find me a Yank who saw more action, who fought harder for us all. He sounded great this morning. Just putting in his garden, looking forward to his 98th birthday on 26 April.

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alex kershaw

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10 months

RIP George Patton. Died today, aged 60. One of the greatest generals in US history. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Major John Howard has just ordered a radioman to send out the first code words for the first successful operation on D Day - "Ham and Jam". In just 10 minutes, Pegasus Bridge and another have been seized in the greatest coup de main operation in British military history.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Lt. John Spalding, E Company 16th Infantry, has led the first break out from Omaha Beach and is now headed inland, “an angel on each shoulder.”

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Where first Americans broke off Omaha on D Day.

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alex kershaw

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The boys of Pointe du Hoc today after one of the most epic stands in all military history.

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alex kershaw

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1 year

Not often you get to raise a toast with 1932 Armagnac to the US Army with Charles Shay, last living medic from Omaha Beach on D Day. In Normandy just now. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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Robert Capa, greatest war photographer of 20th Century, at rear of landing craft, returning now with some of first wounded from Omaha. His will become the greatest images of D Day.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Remembering James Earl Rudder, wounded twice, still holding Pointe du Hoc today, still leading a fast dwindling band of his men against the odds.

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alex kershaw

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2 years

The first. Eighty years ago almost to the hour the first American boys began the long bloody quest to set millions free and defeat Nazism during Operation Torch. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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10 months

Last of the greatest. Some of the less than 120 thousand members of Greatest Generation who served in WW2. @WWIIMemorial on Pearl Harbor Day.

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alex kershaw

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Patton’s final resting place just now. Last Battles tour. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Remembering Jim "Pee Wee" Martin, 506 PIR, 101st Airborne, fighting today in the hedgerows with 41 more days to go. Also jumped into Holland. His final jump was at age 99 before his death two years ago.

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alex kershaw

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Flowers and respects paid 80 years later at Arnhem Oosterbeek cemetery. Two Brits from the battle in September 1944 were buried today.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Never forget. Thanks for following me this amazing day.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Once the crowds have gone. A Bedford Boy lying in peace. And only the sounds of French children.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Remembering Roy Stevens, a Bedford Boy, who lost his twin brother today.

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alex kershaw

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1 year

Looking forward to hanging out with 98-year-old Charles Shay, photographed here yesterday, thought to be last living Omaha Beach medic from Big Red One, and Korean War veteran. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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1 year

WW2 vets this morning at VE Day commemorations ⁦ @WWIIMemorial ⁩

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Omaha Beach today, 80 years ago, by the great Robert Capa.

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alex kershaw

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4 years

Michael Daly, resigned from West Point, which he loathed for its hazing, to go fight as a private in WWII. Received MOH aged 21 as a captain after leading men to heart of Third Reich. Returned to US severely wounded. A star of my next book. #WWII #MOH #WestPoint

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alex kershaw

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1 year

RIP Ben Ferencz, 103, the last Nuremberg trials prosecutor. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Michael Daly, 19, MOH recipient, has just fought his way ashore on Omaha Beach. Star of my book, Against All Odds.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

At Pointe du Hoc, the Rangers are in a desperate battle for survival that will last almost two more days.

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alex kershaw

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Ike is headed to meet with the 101st Airborne to wish them luck. He has been warned that more than two thirds will be killed or wounded within 24 hours.

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11 months

Guts. Approaching Omaha, D Day.

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Honoring Major General Maurice Rose, highest ranking Jew and US officer killed by enemy fire in WW2.

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1 year

Remigo Cabacar, 97, joined navy aged 16, served in WW2 and Korea, father survived Bataan death march. He’s right now at @WWIIMemorial for 81st anniversary of fall of Baatan with other Filipinos.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Remembering Bettie Wilkes, lost her husband, Master Sergeant John Wilkes, on Omaha Beach today.

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alex kershaw

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1 year

Wishing Dachau liberator Dan Dougherty, C Co., 157th, 45th Div., 98, all the best as he attends commemorative ceremonies in Germany. He was just 19 when he entered Dachau. Safe travels home Dan. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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4 months

The man who led the breakout. Phil Streczyk, who led first Americans off Omaha, receiving DSC from Montgomery.

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4 months

Lt. Den Brotheridge has crossed Pegasus Bridge and become the first Allied soldier to be killed on D Day.

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A pause from death and killing. 82nd Airborne soldier today in Normandy. By the brilliant Robert Capa. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Rangers who received the DSC for actions at Pointe du Hoc.

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alex kershaw

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1 year

Thinking of Major General John Raaen, HQ Co. 5th Ranger Battalion in May 1944, thought to be last living officer to fight on Omaha Beach on D Day. He's 101 and counting! @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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3 months

Evil defeated 80 years ago today.

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alex kershaw

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1 year

Remembering Paul Douglas, oldest recruit at age 50 in Marine Corps history, fighting today on Okinawa. @WWIIMemorial

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Where the Bedford Boys died, Dog Green sector, Omaha Beach. @WWIIMemorial

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1 year

Remembering the greatest US correspondent of WWII, killed today in 1945. Here's my appreciation for @WWIIMemorial

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4 months

All American paratrooper taking a rest from fierce combat today. By the great Robert Capa. @WWIIMemorial

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Crossing the bridge at Nijmegen 80 years later - where Robert Redford starred in A Bridge Too Far.

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1 year

“We live in a free world today because in 1945 the forces of imperfect goodness defeated near perfect evil.” Dachau. Why we fought. Never forget. ⁦ @WWIIMemorial ⁩

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alex kershaw

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2 years

The last Marine flyboy. RIP Samuel Folsom, passed aged 102, the last surviving Marine pilot who eighty years ago today helped turn the tide of the Pacific war. Please support @WWIIMemorial so we can make sure such heroes are never ever forgotten.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Remembering Bedford Boy, Lt. Ray Nance, who lost 19 of his soldiers from Bedford, Virginia today.

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alex kershaw

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4 months

Easy Red sector, Omaha. Around 7.30 am today. Scenes like this are still happening along Omaha. Why the US earned the world’s respect in WW2. Would we have the grit and courage and will to save democracy in Europe again?

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alex kershaw

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2 years

RIP Tom Rice, Screaming Eagle, passed aged 101, D Day, Market Garden, Bastogne, Berchtesgaden. History teacher for more than four decades. ⁦ @WWIIMemorial ⁩

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alex kershaw

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2 years

Today in 1945, Lt. Vernon Baker "eliminated three enemy machineguns, an observation post, and a dugout. 19 of the 25 men in Baker's platoon were killed." His DSC for this action was upgraded to the MOH which he received in 1997. @WWIIMemorial

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alex kershaw

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1 month

VJ Day celebrated today at @WWIIMemorial

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3 years

RIP Ray Lambert, landed first wave, Omaha, with the Big Red One. #thefirstwavebook

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9 months

US liberators, Battle of the Bulge. There were some 19,000 Americans killed in the deadliest battle for US in WWII. @WWIIMemorial

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Some of the 34,000 US troops landed on Omaha today. Most will be killed or wounded by summer’s end. Photo by the Robert Capa, taken this morning.

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alex kershaw

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This Saturday, a real legend, live - Charles Shay, 99, last living medic from Omaha Beach on D Day. Native American. Served in Korea too. Native American. LEGEND. 12pm Eastern. Retweet! Do not miss this one! Register here for free.

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alex kershaw

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Faces of the greatest. Four WW2 veterans @WWIIMemorial today on Pearl Harbor Day. Of a dozen or so in attendance, only one could walk to lay a wreath.

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19 Bedford Boys - from over 4000 Allied warriors - who died on 6 June so Europe could be set free. Live tweeting resumes tomorrow from the National WWII Memorial in Washington DC.

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Remembering President Gerald Ford, passed away today in 2006, saw more action in WW2 than any US President - 9 campaigns in the Pacific - and restored decency and civility to the White House.

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Warriors. Men of the Big Red One who received the DSC for actions on D Day being addressed by Allied Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower. The bravest of the greatest.

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Captain Leonard Schroeder, 4th ID, first American to come ashore on D Day, has been hit in the arm by German machine gun fire. A superb baseball player, he will survive but never pitch again.

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Thinking of Lucille Hoback Boggess, 95 this Saturday, lost two of her brothers today in 1944.

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1 year

Where some of the first Americans broke out on Omaha on D Day. @WWIIMemorial

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Where the oldest American to see action on D Day - landing in the first wave aged 56 - lies in peace today.

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Utah Beach showing exit for first US soldier to officially land on D Day.

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alex kershaw

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9 months

The World at War. Wow! "Perhaps the time for thinking is over." Episode 1 of 26. You can watch along with me here: . All comments welcome! Just 25 episodes to go...

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The most aggressive and feared US general of the 20th Century, the only one prepared to react this evening in Europe to the greatest surprise attack on American troops in WW2. Learn more tomorrow am . @WWIIMemorial

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The Bedford Boys leaving today bound for Omaha Beach. @WWIIMemorial

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1 year

Easy Red, Omaha. A place of immense courage and sacrifice for 1st ID on D Day. ⁦ @WWIIMemorial ⁩

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Remembering the Bedford Boys' commanding officer, buried in Bedford.

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alex kershaw

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With Paul Priest, last living soldier to take the Ludendorff Bridge. A superstar. Feel so so blessed to meet this 99 year old hero who helped end WW2 in Europe with sheer guts. They are so few left but they are giants, the greatest.

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Remembering Audie Murphy, died today, a hero in my book, Against All Odds. ⁦ @WWIIMemorial ⁩

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With Charles Shay, last living medic from Omaha Beach - with his new book, for which I wrote the foreword.

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1 year

Remembering Felix Sparks, commanding officer of the first American unit to liberate Dachau, Hitler's first concentration camp, today in 1945. He fought from Sicily to the gates of hell and was the greatest warrior I've ever met, subject of my book, The Liberaror. @WWIIMemorial

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Guts, horror, honor, sacrifice. Omaha... @WWIIMemorial

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