D-Day commemorations: final American veterans pay tribute

Eighty-two years after D-Day on June 6, 1944, the last surviving American veterans gather in Normandy for an emotional and historic commemoration.

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This ceremony represents potentially one of the last opportunities to celebrate directly with participants in the global conflict.

The torch-passing between generations becomes tangible at these gatherings that honor the sacrifice of the youngest generation of 1944.

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