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U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife Deborah lay a wreath at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Oct. 4, 2009. The grounds hold 9,387 American dead and include primarily those who died in Europe during World War II.

NORMANDY MEMORIAL

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife Deborah lay a wreath at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Oct. 4, 2009. The grounds hold 9,387 American dead and include primarily those who died in Europe during World War II.

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