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66th Anniversary of D-Day
6/6/2010 11:05:32 PM
Normandy ceremonies mark 66th anniversary of D-Day
(AP) – 13 hours ago
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. 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 93-year-old Bush of Lincoln, Nebraska had returned to Europe since the war's end.
An ecumenical service was held at the cathedral in the town of Bayeux, where a wreath-laying service also took place at the British military cemetery.
Some 215,000 Allied soldiers, and roughly as many Germans, were killed or wounded during D-Day and the ensuing nearly three months it took to secure the capture of Normandy.
Link, US tribute
(AP) – 13 hours ago
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. 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 93-year-old Bush of Lincoln, Nebraska had returned to Europe since the war's end.
An ecumenical service was held at the cathedral in the town of Bayeux, where a wreath-laying service also took place at the British military cemetery.
Some 215,000 Allied soldiers, and roughly as many Germans, were killed or wounded during D-Day and the ensuing nearly three months it took to secure the capture of Normandy.
Link, US tribute
6/6/2010 11:09:50 PM
Reminds me I should drop in and visit my friend who earned a Purple Heart on that day.
6/7/2010 4:39:41 AM
My grandpa landed on Omaha. RIP. 
6/9/2010 3:34:35 PM
OP- thanks for posting this!
6/9/2010 4:38:46 PM
Originally Posted By ByNameRequest:
OP- thanks for posting this!
OP- thanks for posting this!
Thanks, I liked the pics and wanted to pass them on. 66yrs is along time, soon there won't be any of these
hero's left and that will be a sad day indeed.
6/10/2010 11:24:58 AM
6/13/2010 9:25:25 PM
I was over there on a sightseeing tour last week. I walked out to the waters edge on Omaha at 0630.
6/13/2010 10:26:32 PM
I finally got around to reading last weeks comics. Here are a couple of good ones.
