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Surviving members of the famed Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participate in the ceremony honoring the 65th anniversary of D-Day, at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, June 6, 2009. The group was part of more than two dozen D-Day veterans honored in ceremonies across the Normandy region.

D-DAY VETERANS

Surviving members of the famed Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participate in the ceremony honoring the 65th anniversary of D-Day, at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, June 6, 2009. The group was part of more than two dozen D-Day veterans honored in ceremonies across the Normandy region.

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