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WWII vets, observers mark D-Day anniversary

WWII vets, observers mark D-Day anniversary

The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Jun 6, 2010 13:14:14 EDT

COLVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Veterans and those grateful for their sacrifices have marked the 66th anniversary of the D-Day landings, remembering the invasion that turned the tide of World War II.

U.S. Army veteran William Duane Bush, wearing a military jacket, raised the American flag at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, which overlooks Omaha Beach. It was the first time Bush, 93, of Lincoln, Neb., had returned to Europe since the war’s end.
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WWII vets, observers mark D-Day anniversary

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