The farmhouse was a critical and strategic part of the Allied invasion and commandeered by Major John Howard after the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry captured Pegasus Bridge at 12.16am on June 6, 1944, in one of the first acts of D-Day.
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Mark Hancock, CEO of Trail Life USA, encouraged boys seeking alternatives to join his male-centered organization after he said the Boy Scouts of America has strayed from its mission.