Normandy marks 79th D-Day anniversary

Lou Benoist, AFP

<p>Guests including President of Best Foundation Donnie Edwards, US Senator Jerry Moran, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff US General Mark A Milley, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Colleville-sur-Mer Mayor Patrick Thomines watch as French elite acrobatic flying team "Patrouille de France" (PAF) fly over during a ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, as part of the 79th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Normandy landings, in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, on Tuesday. The operation, the largest land, sea, and air invasion ever attempted, saw the Allies invade Axis-held Western Europe and helped bring the end of World War II less than a year later. </p>

Guests watch as Patrouille de France (PAF) fly over at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, as part of the 79th anniversary of D-Day landings

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