Veterans, visitors flock to Normandy to mark 70th anniversary of D-Day

Friday, June 6, 2014

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France -- Ceremonies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day are drawing thousands of visitors to the cemeteries, beaches and stone-walled villages of Normandy this week, including some of the few remaining survivors of the largest seaborne invasion ever mounted.

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