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Let’s be the America that the French of Normandy see when they look at our WWII vets | Opinion

Most of the 48 American World War II veterans who arrived in Normandy on Monday to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion here insisted on standing up for us all one more time by walking ...
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Recreating a jump into Normandy D-Day zone 80 years later, British paratroopers face French customs

SANNERVILLE, FranceSANNERVILLE, France — There was a contemporary twist for British paratroopers, who parachuted into the historic D-Day drop zone in Normandy to recreate the airborne part of the ...
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French children hail D-Day veterans as heroes as they arrive in Normandy for anniversary events

DEAUVILLE AIRPORT, FranceDEAUVILLE AIRPORT, France — ‘’To our forever heroes: Thank you” — those words inscribed by French schoolchildren on a big poster greeted dozens of U.S. World War II veterans, ...
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USS Normandy visits French region’s hallowed WWII sites to pay respects

The cruiser USS Normandy made a commemorative port call this week in its namesake French region, site of the historic D-Day landings that turned the tide of World War II. During the Monday stopover in ...
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French children hail D-Day veterans as heroes as they arrive in Normandy for anniversary events

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DEAUVILLE AIRPORT, France (AP) — ‘’To our ...