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German fast boat attacks brought heavy casualties upon US forces attacking Omaha

World War II hero First Lt. Louis Girard has been laid to rest in his hometown of West after 79 years overseas. Many people showed support at his burial, including distant family, fellow veterans, and members of the community.

The rare World War 2 Jan Smuts Christmas 1943 toffee tin was among other antiques and collectibles that went under the hammer at Old Johannesburg Warehouse Auctioneers.

Mladic led Bosnian Serb forces during Bosnia's 1992-95 war, and was convicted in 2017. He contested both the guilty verdict and life sentence at his trial.

Jima landing with veterans of the landing. the iwo jima association of america, my brother is a member of the board there, we were down there with lieutenant general larry snowden and major general fred padilla, norm smith, and a lot of the folks who were at iwo jima 69 years ogdening february 19 of this year. my father actually landed there, was wounded there at iwo jima. so these are just incredible americans that we pay tribute to on this presidents day. they are spry at 89 and 90 and 91 and ...

Sam, what is the consistency here in their argument that, you know, the park guards and going after the ww 2, theyre good pr, but dont they know that that was a measure imposed by ted cruz. >> reporter: the broader point is what you touched on earlier is all these separate things they wanted to fund, whether it was nih, whether it was head start, all these things are limited in funding by the sequestration levels that they adhered to. so theres limitations to their devotion to the nih, you cant ...

Liz winstead the co-creator of todays show. sam, what is the consistency here in their argument that, you know, the park guards and going after the ww 2, theyre good pr, but dont they know that that was a measure imposed by ted cruz. >> reporter: the broader point is what you touched on earlier is all these separate things they wanted to fund, whether it was nih, whether it was head start, all these things are limited in funding by the sequestration levels that they adhered to. so theres limitat...