Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Normandy Honors the Memory of D-Day

U.S. citizen Robert Antuono of Providence, Rhode Island, kneels in front of the grave of his brother in law Edward Di Falco, at the US military cemetery of Colleville-Sur-Mer, Western france, Tuesday June 6, 2006, on the 62nd anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. Di Falco died on July 13, 1944. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
U.S. citizen Robert Antuono of Providence, Rhode Island, kneels in front of the grave of his brother in law Edward Di Falco, at the US military cemetery of Colleville-Sur-Mer, Western france, Tuesday June 6, 2006, on the 62nd anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. Di Falco died on July 13, 1944. (AP Photo)

British WWII veterans attend a commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of the D-Day at the British cemetery in Bayeux, northern France.(AFP/Robert Francois)
British WWII veterans attend a commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of the D-Day at the British cemetery in Bayeux, northern France.(AFP/Robert Francois)

NEWSBYTES
Normandy Honors Memories of D-Day Landings
ASNELLES-SUR-MER, France (AP) -- American and British veterans marked the 62nd anniversary of the D-Day landings Tuesday with ceremonies and talks to schoolchildren about the invasion that changed the course of World War II.

French tribute to British troops D-Day sacrifice
BAYEUX, France (AFP) -- France's minister for veterans paid tribute to the World War II sacrifice of British forces on the 62nd anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

Senators Visit European Military Cemeteries
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A delegation of senators touring U.S. military cemeteries in Europe laid wreaths Monday near the graves of thousands of soldiers, including many who died storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in June 1944.

ALSO SEE
The National D-Day Memorial Foundation
The National World War II Museum
D-Day on the Web
Untold Stories of D-Day at National Geographic
French Page for 62nd D-Day Anniversary
American D-Day
D-Day, Normany and Beyond
History Channel D-Day 60th Anniversary

WWII Memorial view from Washington Monument (Photo by Richard Latoff)
WWII Memorial view from Washington Monument (Photo by Richard Latoff)

Plaza at Night
Plaza at Night

The National World War II Memorial

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