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D-Day veterans gather during a D-Day commemoration event at the Historical Dockyard in Portsmouth, southern England, Sunday June 2, 2019. There are many events over the coming days to mark the 75th anniversary of the landings by the Allied forces on Tuesday June 6, 1944, in Normandy, France, that became known as D-Day. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)






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Column: Sudbury and Canada must always honour its veterans

Published on: June 5, 2019

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The names of fallen soldiers from Sudbury that were unveiled on the memorial wall in Sudbury, Ont. on Wednesday June 24, 2015. Gino Donato/Sudbury Star/Postmedia Network






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In the news today, June 5

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In this June 8, 1944, file photo, under heavy German machine gun fire, American infantrymen wade ashore off the ramp of a Coast Guard landing craft during the invasion of the French coast of Normandy in World War II. Some of the most vivid film footage of the D-Day landings 75-years ago was shot by a Canadian military film unit using technology obtained from U.S. allies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, U.S. Coast Guard






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Keeping the memories alive: D-Day lives on in Saskatchewan despite dwindling veteran numbers

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Keith Inches, curator of the Saskatchewan Military Museum at the Regina Armoury, stands with a display commemorating the Royal Regina Riles' role in the storming of the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.






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Canadian WWII veteran delivers emotional address at D-Day ceremony





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Red Deer veteran will be in France for D-Day to say his ‘goodbyes’ to Canadians that didn’t make it back

MAMTA LULLA / Jun. 5, 2019

https://www.ponokanews.com/news/red-deer-veteran-will-be-in-france-for-d-day-to-say-his-goodbyes-to-canadians-that-didnt-make-it-back/



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D-Day veteran Allan Bacon honoured with Citizenship Award in advance of Normandy invasion’s 75th anniversary

June 5, 2019

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William Allan Bacon, known to all as Bubba, was presented with a Member of Parliament's Citizenship Award from Don Valley West MP Rob Oliphant recently at Sunnybrook Veterans Centre. Bacon took part in the D-Day landing at Juno Beach by Canadian troops on June 6, 1944. Photo by Ricardo Vigliano.






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Here's how Hamilton is marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day

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Rangers from the U.S. 75th Ranger Regiment, in period dress, hold the American flag after scaling the cliffs of Pointe-du-Hoc in Cricqueville-en-Bessin, Normandy, France, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. During the American assault of Omaha and Utah beaches on June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Rangers scaled the 100-foot cliffs to seize German artillery pieces that could have fired on the American landing troops. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)






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New Waterford veteran has lived good life after surviving D-Day invasion

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Second World War veteran Joe Petrie took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, but the soon-to-turn 99-year-old New Waterford resident says the life he has lived since that fateful day overshadows the dark memories of war. Yet, time has not erased all his recollection of the horrors he experienced during after landing at Juno Beach on June 6, 1944. - David Jala






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The remains of a cement footing and rusting steel piling of a Bailey bridge over the River Orme at Caen, Normandy, France. The bridge was built by the unit of the author’s father. Scratched into one of the four surfaces of the footing is the name M.R. Chabman (Serial #C30344), RCE (Royal Canadian Engineers), Ottawa. The unit also rebuilt a damaged airport near Caen.



Chilliwack son of Second World War veteran retraces his fathers steps in France

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Former Parksville Legion president Don Levesque was only five years old on D-Day in 1944. - Karly Blats photo



Parksville veteran notes importance of D-Day

‘They had to go through barbed wire and land mines’

KARLY BLATSJun. 5, 2019

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In Photos: Two days of D-Day anniversary observances begin in England and France

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Terry Glavin: D-Day's 'unconquerable resolve' still needed to defeat the tyrants of today

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Richard Brown, a Canadian veteran of the Battle of Normandy, departs with his son Andy to the applause of visitors following a commemorative ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Commissions Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Normandy on June 5, 2019, near Reviers, France






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