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Ver-sur-Mer (France) (AFP) - Around 180 veterans in their late 90s or even over 100 were guests of honour at D-Day commemorations in France on Thursday, many attending in wheelchairs for possibly the last time. At British, US and Canadian ceremonies, they recounted their memories of the Allied landings on June 6, 1944, that would help expel German forces from France and end World War II. British former combatant Joe Mines, 99, said he had returned to the Normandy seaside town of Ver-sur-Mer for the first time in 80 years because it was likely his "last and only opportunity". "I wanted to pay m...
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Boca Raton (United States) (AFP) - Americans Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin promise their courtship is "better than Romeo and Juliet": He is 100, she's 96, and they marry next month in France, where the groom-to-be served during World War II. US Air Force veteran Terens will be honored on June 6 at a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, the historic Allied operation that changed the course of the war. Two days later Harold and Jeanne will exchange vows in Carentan-les-Marais, close to the beaches where thousands of soldiers waded ashore -- and many died --...
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Key West (United States) (AFP) - Billy Costello walks the deck of a ship wearing his scuba gear and fins, as well as a prosthetic right leg, before dropping into the sea. He's part of a group of US Army veterans wounded in combat who are planting coral in a reef off the southern tip of Florida. The mission is twofold: save coral that is threatened by disease and rising sea temperatures, and help veterans heal wounds -- both physical and emotional. A total of 31 veterans were joined by six divers from the Mote Marine Laboratory in Key West on a recent July morning to render their services plant...
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Washington (AFP) - A decade after returning from Afghanistan, Marc Silvestri was convinced it was time for his comrades to come home too. But watching the chaotic pullout unfold in real time has stunned the army veteran. "It's been a tough couple days," the 43-year-old head of veterans services in Revere, Massachusetts told AFP. "I was in favor of the withdrawal, I thought it was time. Twenty-plus years, billions of dollars spent, I never expected the speed and the brazenness of the Taliban would be what it is," he said. "I never expected that the training and money we put into the Afghan army...
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Call it evolution, transition, or “rethinking”: the past year has brought enormous change to the way we live and work. Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more It’s been a year of challenge, but also of opportunity. It’s prompted people from all walks of life to reassess and recalibrate – and for many, that recalibration involves making a professional transition. Veterans are no exception. Millions of them are making the move from military service to private enterprise. Both are demanding fields, where the stakes can be high. But with careful planning, veterans can successfully transit...
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Washington (AFP) - US President-elect Joe Biden pressed ahead with his transition Wednesday despite Donald Trump's refusal to acknowledge defeat, naming a seasoned Democratic operative as chief of staff in his first public White House personnel choice.Biden tapped longtime aide Ron Klain, who previously served as his first chief of staff while vice president, acknowledging the two had a long road ahead in fighting the coronavirus pandemic as well as healing a deeply divided nation."His deep, varied experience and capacity to work with people all across the political spectrum is precisely what ...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden attended separate, simultaneous ceremonies marking Veterans Day Wednesday, as what should have been a moment of national unity was marred by the Republican's refusal to acknowledge Biden's election win.On a rainy, gray day in Washington the president visited Arlington National Cemetery for a somber wreath-laying ceremony shortly before 11:30 am, his first official appearance since the November 3 election. He made no public remarks.At the same time Biden appeared at the Korean War Memorial in Philadelphia for his own sol...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump has demanded that Fox News fire its national security correspondent after she confirmed claims that the Republican leader had disparaged the military -- a bombshell that has dogged him for two days. Trump came under fire after The Atlantic magazine reported that he had called Marines killed in action in World War I "losers" and "suckers" in connection with a November 2018 visit to France when he skipped a visit to a US military cemetery.The official explanation for that missed visit was bad weather.Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin said two fo...
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