On D-Day, generations of service members pay their respects

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On D-Day, generations of service members pay their respects

Veterans, troops and citizens attend events to remember those who fought on D-Day and in the Invasion of Normandy.

Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED

June 6, 2016 12:01 pm

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Jack Hamlin, a D-Day veteran from the Coast Guard, talks about his experience in World War II to U.S. service members in Angoville au Plain, France, June 1, 2016. Hamlin offered remembrances during a tour of the Battle of Carentan as part of marking the 72nd anniversary of the historic event.

(Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Spratt)

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