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‘Where Do We Get Such Men?’: Lou Contor, Last USS Arizona Survivor, Dies at 102

The American Spectator 08 Apr 2024
With the Army’s 29th Division, he fought his way through the hedgerows of Normandy, the rugged terrain leading to the port of Brest, to the nightmarish defenses of the Siegfried Line, to the west bank ...
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History of World War II: German Plans to Defeat Western Allied Landing

GlobalResearch 27 Mar 2024
By early 1944, the only adequately fortified areas were Cap Gris-Nez in the northern tip of France, the port of Brest in the extreme west of France, and the Nazi-occupied Channel Islands (Jersey, ...
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French Pacific news in brief

RNZ 23 Mar 2024
International ice trafficking network dismantled in French Polynesia ... A new French patrol vessel, "Teriieroo a Teriierooiterai", has left the French port of Brest and is now en route to Papeete, where it will be based ... ....
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Camara hat trick helps Brest win 3-0 at Strasbourg to remain on course for Champions League

Bennington Banner 25 Feb 2024
Camara scored twice in the first half for second-place Brest, an unheralded side from a port city in Brittany which has never finished higher than eighth in the ...
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UK Recovers Bell From Only U.S. Destroyer Sunk in World War I

The Maritime Executive 13 Feb 2024
Embassy in London ... On December 6, 1917, Jones departed the port of Brest, France, and got under way to return to Queenstown, Ireland. She carried out some target practice after leaving port, and unknowingly attracted the attention of U-boat U-53 ... U.S.
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Barmaid becomes France’s first pig pedicurist

Jamaica Observer 11 Feb 2024
BREST, France (AFP) \u2014 A French bartender is riding high on the hog after setting herself up as a pig pedicurist ... But there are thousands,\u201d said the 46-year-old who runs a bar-tobacconists in the Brittany port of Brest in western France ... .
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Never boared: Barmaid becomes France's first pig pedicurist

Index-Journal 08 Feb 2024
But there are thousands," said the 46-year-old who runs a bar-tobacconists in the Brittany port of Brest in western France ... of Brest -- an operation achieved after a certain amount of piggy protest.
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Brest the surprise of the French league as it prepares to visit leader PSG

Newsday 25 Jan 2024
PARIS — With Paris Saint-Germain seemingly cruising to another French league title, the unexpected rise of Brest has been the season's success story ... Brest has a best league finish of eighth.
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Solo sailors set off from France on epic journey

China Daily 09 Jan 2024
The Ultim Challenge began from the port city of Brest, in western France, with the six-strong fleet swiftly crossing the Bay of Biscay en route to Cape Finisterre, targeting an early Monday arrival.
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Around the world in 50 days? Six sailors in 'biggest challenge'

Tyler Morning Telegraph 08 Jan 2024
Under bright winter sunshine in the Brittany port of Brest, the first such race on super-powerful but relatively fragile trimarans got underway ... Their departure from Brest was emotional and tearful.
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Around the world in 50 days? 6 sailors in ‘biggest challenge’

Manila Standard 08 Jan 2024
Under bright winter sunshine in the Brittany port of Brest, the first such race on super-powerful but relatively fragile trimarans got underway ... Their departure from Brest was emotional and tearful.
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Around the world in 50 days? Six sailors in ‘biggest challenge’

Gulf News 08 Jan 2024
Brest, France ... Under bright winter sunshine in the Brittany port of Brest, the first such race on super-powerful but relatively fragile trimarans got underway ... Their departure from Brest was emotional and tearful.
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This Week in WWII: Lest We Forget

Biltmore Beacon 04 Jan 2024
Her youth were lining up at recruiting centers, eager to get into the fight ... 1942. Jan ... Jan ... In France, 266 RAF aircraft conducted a night attack on port facilities at Brest ... In Burma, the Indian 5th Division captured the coastal port city of Maungdaw.
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Crew Evacuated from Turkish Cargo Ship After Fire Off French Coast

The Maritime Executive 28 Dec 2023
The crew is safe and the vessel is now under tow heading to the French port of Brest after a tense situation on board ... As of this morning, the tug was successful in attaching a towline and is currently moving at approximately 6.5 knots toward Brest.
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Bradenton vet survived D-Day at Normandy. He turns 100 on Christmas Eve.

Herald-Tribune Sarasota 23 Dec 2023
Cosmo Uttero landed on Omaha Beach at Normandy as a member of the 175th regiment of the U.S. Army's 29th Infantry Division on June 6, 1944 ... 23 ... Lt ... Lo, the port city of Brest and then moved into Belgium's Ardennes Forest ... He went on to work for A.B.

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