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Dozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day.

D-Day veterans are nearing age 100 now, but they remember the Allied onslaught at Normandy as if it were yesterday. Veterans gathered in France, the U.S. and elsewhere to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the Allied onslaught that turned the tide against the Nazis.

Dozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the decisive but deadly assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control. Using wheelchairs, they formed a parade along the streets of the small town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, on Sunday. Cheerful crowds greeted them with applause and cries of “Merci” and “Thank you.” The veterans, most of them American and British, y then headed to Utah Beach. One 99-year-old remembered “it was tough" as more than 150,000 Allied troops landed there on June 6, 194...

ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches and key battle sites to mark the 79th anniversary of the decis...

ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches and key battle sit