WWII Veterans Commemorate D-Day at Utah Beach and Normandy.

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WWII Veterans Commemorate D-Day at Utah Beach and Normandy.
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Dozens of World War II veterans, mostly Americans and British, traveled to Normandy to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, commemorating the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control. On D-Day, Allied troops landed on the beaches code-named Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword and Gold, carried by 7,000 boats. On that single day, 4,414 Allied soldiers lost their lives, 2,501 of them Americans. More than 5,000 were wounded.

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