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overlooking one of the beaches where allied troops first came ashore onjune 6th, 1944. never before or since have so many troops from so many nations landed by sea to liberate an occupied country. the british, american, canadian, and french troops landed on five beaches — sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah — as the airborne troops dropped behind enemy lines to secure the roads and bridges. 156,000 troops overwhelming the germans they had taken by surprise. the main event this afternoon was at omaha beach, where heads of state stood alongside the veterans to pay tribute and remembe...

Must�*ve faced. you really do get a sense of that — and for people who haven't been, when you stand on the beach, you get a sense of the enormity of what they were facing when they came out of the sea. absolutely. on the trip i took, there was a fellow that was with us from the winnipeg rifles. we stood on the beach and looked up, and he said to me, "brian, you see that mound about 150 yards up the beach? that's as far as we got on the first day. i. that's as far as we got on the first day. " just gravitating. mas that's as far as we got on the first day. " just gravitating.— day. " 'ust...