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Then and Now in Pictures: 70 Years Later, Normandy’s Beaches Retain Memory of D-Day Invasion

Posted by admin on Jun 4, 2014

As many around the world prepare to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944, pictures of Normandy’s now-touristy beaches stand in stark contrast to images taken around the time of the invasion.

But while the landscape has changed, the memory of the momentous event lives on.

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