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Owner honours war hero by naming racehorse after D-Day veteran
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D-Day memorial drop sees Brit paras forced to show French officials passports
Crowds gathered to watch British soldiers parachuting into France for the D-Day memorial services - the soldiers were met by border control forces to have passports checked.
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WW2 veteran, 102, dies on his way to Normandy commemoration
US Navy veteran Robert 'Al' Persichitti was travelling to Normandy for the D-Day commemorations
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D-Day veteran, 100, becomes great-grandad as he arrives at 80th anniversary
British D-Day heroes honoured the dead in a ceremony at Bayeux war cemetery in Normandy on Wednesday as one former codebreaker, 100, still grieves for his killed colleagues
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D-Day hero paratroopers recreate gut-wrenching drop 80 years on from liberation
A mix of British, Belgian, Canadian and US army members took park in the event on Wednesday in Normandy, including the first female soldier to qualify as a paratrooper
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D-Day veteran, 98, now trapped in tiny bungalow and 'forgotten by society'
WWII hero Norman Powell, 98, struggles with loneliness and social isolation while living in a small suburban village - but his experience of the Normandy landings remains as clear as day
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WW2 D-Day veterans receive honour 80 years after largest seaborne assault ever
Stan Ford and John Roberts will be presented with their plaques at The D-Day Story museum today. The wall commemorates those who took part in the key Second World War attacks
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