Thursday, June 7, 2012

Remembering the lives lost on D-Day anniversary

Remy de la Mauviniere / AP

U.S. WW II veteran Clarence Mac Evans, 87, from West Virginia, who landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944, with the 29th Infantry division, walks among the graves at the Colleville American military cemetery, in Colleville sur Mer, western France, on June 6, before the start of the ceremony commemorating the 68th anniversary of the D-Day. Clarence MacEvans is searching for the tombs of 17 of his fellows who died on D Day.

Remy de la Mauviniere / AP

Wreathes are being laid at the Memorial of the Colleville American military cemetery, in Colleville sur Mer, western France, on June 6, during the ceremony commemorating the 68th anniversary of the D-Day.

Remy de la Mauviniere / AP

A bird stands on one of the 9387 tombs at the Colleville American military cemetery, in Colleville sur Mer, western France, on June 6, the day of the commemoration of the 68th anniversary of the D-Day.

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