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US President Barack Obama (L), and French President Francois Hollande look out over Omaha beach during a joint French–US D-Day commemoration ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-mer, Normandy, France, on Friday, June 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Alain Jocard, pool)


World honors D-Day’s fallen, 70 years on

World honors D-Day’s fallen, 70 years on

by | Jun 6, 2014 | World

Colleville-sur-mer, AP—Gone are the screaming shells, seasick soldiers and bloodied waters of 1944. On Friday, a sun-splattered Normandy celebrated peace, with silent salutes, tears and international friendship marking 70 years since the D-Day invasion helped change...