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William Overstreet Jr., a former captain in the U.S. Air Corps, passed away on Sunday at a hospital in Roanoke He famously flew his plane beneath the Eiffel Tower in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944, lifting the spirits of French troops on the ground In 2009, he was presented France’s Legion of Honor
[…] January 3rd, 2014 | Tags: 'Berlin Express', Eiffel Tower, U.S. Air Corps, William Overstreet Jr. | Category: France, Nazis, Virginia, World War II | Comments are closed
Eiffel Tower Terror Attack Thwarted? Durotrigan 14 September 2010 Today the French Senate ratified the ban on face veils passed by the National Assembly in July. A few hours later at 9pm local time the Eiffel Tower and surrounding area were evacuated following a bomb alert. Some 2,000 people left the Tower itself and a […] September 14th, 2010 | Tags: al-Qaida, Christine Tasin, Eiffel Tower, Paris | Category: France, Islam, terrorism | Comments are closed
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