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  • Native American former US Army medic, 96, is the sole veteran to attend D-Day memorial event in France due to Covid travel restrictions

    06/06/2021 10:32:55 AM PDT · by DFG · 15 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 06/06/2021 | Rory Tingle
    A 96-year-old former US Army medic was the only veteran to attend two D-Day memorial events in France to mark the 77th anniversary of the historic invasion of Europe. Charles Shay, a Penobscot Native American, was the sole former combatant at Friday's ceremony in Carentan, where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, and at a commemoration at the American Cemetery later in the day in Colleville-sur-Mer, on a bluff overseeing Omaha Beach. The cemetery contains 9,380 graves, most of them for servicemen who lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. Another 1,557 names are inscribed...
  • APF spokesperson holds emotional press conference; lawyer quits project

    10/02/2009 11:28:59 PM PDT · by BigSkyFreeper · 93 replies · 3,366+ views
    Billings Gazette ^ | October 2, 2009 | TOM LUTEY Of The Gazette Staff
    A sobbing spokeswoman for the secretive company occupying the Hardin jail welcomed an investigation by Montana's attorney general Friday and expressed concerns for her own safety amid rumors about her company. Becky Shay, in a 45-minute, wide-ranging press conference during which she occasionally broke into tears, said the California-based American Police Force welcomed an information request made Thursday by Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock. Meanwhile, an attorney involved in the project cut ties with APF Friday and a second company, once named as a subcontractor, denied any involvement. Shay said she hadn't been formally served papers by the attorney...