We believed we'd bring world peace when we landed on these beaches in 1944. It's not possible.

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Shay turned over the remembrance task to Julia Kelly, a Gulf War veteran from the Crow tribe

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Who performed the sage ritual. "Never forget, never forget," she proclaimed. "War is never good at any time."

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Shay advises young generations to be "ever vigilant." He said that they should protect the freedom that they have now.

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In the last two years, D-Day ceremonies have been kept to a minimum due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

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French and international visitors, including veterans in their 90s, have returned to Normandy this year to celebrate

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the landings of nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere.

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Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Ray Wallace, 97, a former paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division [{ "selector": ".ejeno-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-318px) rotate(-580deg)", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0) rotate(0deg)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

is among the dozens of U.S. veterans expected to attend. His plane was hit and caught fire on D-Day

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forcing him to jump earlier than expected. 20 miles from the first village liberated from

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Nazi occupation in France, Sainte-Mere-Eglise, he landed.

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