Belgium Honors Battle of the Bulge Vets
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Amid snow flurries and a chilling wind, Belgium's King Albert II honored U.S. soldiers who died fighting Nazi Germany 60 years ago in the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle for American forces in war.
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For nearly a year, citizen soldiers from Ohio have been guarding the gates of Army and Air Force bases in the United Kingdom, Italy and Belgium.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday congratulated the veterans and compatriots on the 60th anniversary of Ukraine's liberation from fascist occupiers that is going to be marked on October 28.
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OOSTERBEEK, Netherlands - Sixty years ago, the skies above the Dutch countryside filled with the white silk of parachutes of 30,000 Allied troops while tanks rolled up from Belgium along a narrow road that became known as "Hell's Highway."   In the legendary "Market Garden" operation, which began Sept. 17th, 1944, a massive force that was supposed to end World War II found it had attempted to go "a bridge too far."   A ceremony Sunday commemorated the heroic but doomed assault with Dutch schoolchildren raising flowers above their heads before laying them on the graves of the 1,750 Allied soldiers - mostly British - buried in Oosterbeek near Arnhem...
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PARIS Aug. 25, 2004 - With French and American flags, vintage military vehicles and heartfelt memories, Paris on Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of its liberation from the occupying Nazis the day the
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War veterans in Scotland are set to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falklands conflict.
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By Tom M Miller  Editor, Times-Dispatch:  With others, I was twice privileged to visit Normandy battle sites and the nearby American cemetery holding our special heroes.  Among rows of white crosses two bear gold insignias marking graves of Medal of Honorees.
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It was March, 1945. With the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Rhine River behind them, U.S. troops were swiftly moving across flat country toward Berlin.
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France and Belgium, two of the most vocal critics of the US war in Iraq, would not agree Friday to a planned expansion of NATO&#39;s military training mission in Iraq, but
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Two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who liberated southern France near a climax.
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Some war veterans in the Green Bay area were offended Sunday when the Packers flew the US flag at half-staff at Lambeau Field in honor of the late Reggie White, the Green Bay Press Gazette reported Tuesday.
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A carnival-like atmosphere here today celebrated the US Army&#39;s victory over Nazi oppressors 60 years ago. Flowers honor Brig. Gen.
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This week the Netherlands will honor the thousands of mainly British and Polish soldiers who took part in the failed attempt to seize a bridgehead north of the Rhine river near Arnhem between September 17 and 23, 1944, a tragic episode in the Allied advance on Germany.
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King Albert II urged Belgium's French- and Dutch-speaking communities Monday to overcome their differences, after months of political crisis, and strive to learn each other's languages.
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ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE -- France yesterday honored soldiers, including tens of thousands of Africans, who staged an assault on the French Riviera 60 years ago to break the Nazi grip -- one of the least-remembered military operations of World War II.
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BASTOGNE, Belgium - Much like it did 60 years ago, the weather finally broke Sunday for those assembled in the Ardennes, allowing events to unfold according to script.
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Veterans of the Battle of Arnhem re-enact the famous air drop to mark its 60th anniversary.