D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary

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https://apnews.com/article/france-dday-anniversary-normandy-77034f1e01fac2bda85d4518832ce5c6

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler’s regime.

Along the coastline and near the D-Day landing beaches, tens of thousands of onlookers attended the commemorations, which included parachute jumps, flyovers, remembrance ceremonies, parades, and historical reenactments.

Many were there to cheer the ever-dwindling number of surviving veterans in their late 90s and older. All remembered the thousands who died.
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The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France used the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to breach Hitler’s defenses in western Europe. A total of 4,414 Allied troops were killed on D-Day itself.
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[Totally Tunsie]

1. It's a shame the ignoramus doesn't have a moment

to recognize or acknowledge the significance of this day. He was, after all, reminded about it yesterday quite publicly. Such a statesman...NOT.

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2. My dad landed on Omaha Beach & would be 104 were he alive. But he died at age 49,

a 100% disabled vet suffering from PTSD, a husky of a man he once was.