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Saved from the sea on D-Day, see chaplain kit at Fort Miles ceremony Saturday

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June 6, 2024

Saved from the sea on D-Day, see chaplain kit at Fort Miles ceremony Saturday

A Lewes priest will serve as the keynote speaker at a D-Day commemoration ceremony at Fort Miles in Cape Henlopen State Park on Saturday.

D-Day marks U.S. troops’ June 6, 1944, entry into World War II. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches in northern France that day, and throughout the Battle of Normandy, 40 Delawareans and over 125,000 Americans were killed. Fort Miles, now a park and museum, defended the U.S. coastline during the war and for decades after.

The ceremony, set for 11 a.m. on the Fort Miles overlook, will feature the reading of the names of each Delawarean killed in Normandy, the Mason Dixon VFW Post 7234 Honor Guard and Air Force veteran bagpiper Lani Spahr.

Keynote speaker Rev. Carol Flett, of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lewes, will bring with her a special chaplain kit.

More: On 80th anniversary of D-Day, Delaware WWII veteran recalls his mission with ‘ghost army’

Flett was mentored by the late Morris F. Arnold, an Episcopal priest that was among the soldiers who stormed the beaches on D-Day, a Southern Delaware Tourism news release said. As he attempted to get to safety, Arnold’s chaplain kit fell into the sea, but he somehow managed to both retrieve it and survive, the release said.

Later elected Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, according to the release, Arnold gave that kit to Flett. It will be on display at the Fort Miles Museum the day of the ceremony.

Shannon Marvel McNaught reports on southern Delaware and beyond. Reach her at smcnaught@gannett.com or on Twitter @MarvelMcNaught.

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Man injured after car slams into truck in Bear, Delaware

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December 22, 2024

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Man injured after car slams into truck in Bear, Delaware – CBS Philadelphia

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We are learning new details about a crash that left a man seriously injured in Bear, Delaware.
A man was driving a car that slammed into the back of a truck on Summit Bridge Road near Brennan Boulevard Thursday night.
The investigation revealed the truck was stopped at the traffic light but for reasons still unknown the car did not stop.

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It’s not much, but Delaware has first measurable snowfall. Dangerously cold air moves in

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December 21, 2024

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It’s not much, but Delaware has first measurable snowfall. Dangerously cold air moves in

Saturday is the winter solstice, and parts of Delaware have already had a small, but still measurable, amount of snowfall.

For the first time since Feb. 17, 2024, measurable snowfall was reported in Delaware to the National Weather Service. Community reports of 0.1 inches of snow outside of Newark and in Smyrna are on the board after a storm brought rain and snow to the First State. That is the smallest amount of snowfall that can be recorded.

Wilmington last received measurable snowfall on that February date, but received only a trace Friday night. Parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey saw more than 5 inches from the same system.

Winter starts with cold snap

The storm ushered in dangerously cold air that will grip the Northeast for the weekend.

The temperatures are not so extreme that advisories will be issued, but it is not a good idea to stay outside for very long, said National Weather Service meteorologist Amanda Lee in Mount Holly, New Jersey.

On the night of Dec. 21, temperatures will dip, according to the weather service: