'I Will Always Think of Them': One Lone American WW2 Veteran Stands Without Comrades for 76th D-Day Observance in Normandy 

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The annual commemoration of D-Day in France sees fewer World War 2 veterans each year. Their dwindling numbers combined with the worldwide pandemic led to an almost complete no show. One American WWII veteran, however, took his place on the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, and did his best to mark the occasion 

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