France D Day Anniversary
U.S. WWII veterans attend a ceremony in honor of the 67th anniversary of D-Day at the Pointe du Hoc in Cricqueville en Bessin, western France, Monday, June 6, 2011. The June, 6, 1944, invasion and ensuing battle for Normandy helped change the course of the war.
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World War II veterans and Sen. John Kerry commemorated the D-Day landings in Normandy at an iconic and eroding cliff. The visit is one of several events along the coast Monday marking 67 years since Allied forces landed on a swath of beaches in Nazi-occupied France. The June, 6, 1944, invasion and ensuing battle for Normandy helped change the course of the war.
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World War II veterans and Sen. John Kerry commemorated the D-Day landings in Normandy at an iconic and eroding cliff.
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Kerry and the veterans are visiting Pointe du Hoc, where elite U.S. Rangers scaled jagged cliffs in one of the most trying missions of the invasion.
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WWII veteran James E. Hill, left, shakes hands with US congressman from the Sate of Pennsylvania, Tim Murphy, with US senator John Kerry at centre, during a D-DAY anniversary ceremony, at the Pointe du Hoc in Cricqueville en Bessin, western France, Monday, June 6, 2011.
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U.S. Senator, John Kerry, reacts with Herman Zerger, 36th Texas, 141st Regiment, first Company’s veteran of WWII, during D-DAY anniversary ceremonies at the Pointe du Hoc in Cricqueville en Bessin, western France, Monday, June 6, 2011.
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An unidentified woman kisses WWII U.S. veteran, Carl Beck, during a ceremony in honor of the 67th anniversary of D-Day at the Pointe du Hoc in Cricqueville en Bessin, western France, Monday, June 6, 2011.
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The limestone and clay cliffs have eroded by 10 meters (33 feet) since D-Day. Pointe du Hoc reopened to the public in March after extensive restoration efforts, organized by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Some half a million people visit the site each year.
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U.S soldier is seen at La Pointe du Hoc in Cricqueville en Bessin, western France, Monday, June 6, 2011, before the ceremony to commemorate the 67th D-Day Anniversary.
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The visit is one of several events along the coast Monday marking 67 years since Allied forces landed on a swath of beaches in Nazi-occupied France. The June, 6, 1944, invasion and ensuing battle for Normandy helped change the course of the war.
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An installation of 1,000 casts of Russian, German and American combat helmets of WWII which also represent turtles, to denounce global violence, created by French artist Rachid Khimoune, is seen on Omaha Beach in Colleville sur Mer, western France, Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the eve of the D-Day Anniversary.
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WWII veteran Arnold Whittaker of the 3rd Army, 5th Infantry Division, 10 Infantry Regiment company K, of Atlanta, Georgia, visits the U.S military cemetery in Colleville sur Mer, western France, Monday, June 6, 2011 during the 67th D Day Anniversary.
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U.S soldier Riley J. Cheramie of the 838 Trans BN of Rotterdam walk along U.S military cemetery’s tombs in Colleville sur Mer, western France, Monday, June 6, 2011 for the 67th D Day Anniversary.
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Tourists visit the U.S military cemetery in Colleville sur Mer, western France, Monday, June 6, 2011 for the 67th D Day Anniversary.
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