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lone piper plays. tonight at 10:00, a vigil in normandy here at the bayeux war cemetery to remember the fallen on the eve of the 80th anniversary of d—day. more than 4,000 gravestones are lit up one by one — a tribute to those who never returned. in portsmouth, the king tells the last surviving d—day veterans, "we are eternally in your debt." more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy — i've been speaking to one of them. all these memories of d—day and all the men in the water, swimming, sinking, scrambling ashore in the sands _ and the other main storie...

Canadian and french troops landed on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches, just miles away from here, taking the germans by surprise in what was the largest ever amphibious invasion. it changed the course of world war ii. throughout the day, commemorative events have been taking place both here in france and in the uk. more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy. the youngest i've met here is 96 years old — just 16 when he joined the merchant navy. it comes ahead of the main event tomorrow at the british normandy memorial at ver—sur—mer. danjohnson�*s report begi...