Normandy ceremonies mark 66th anniversary of D-Day

COLVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP/AJC) Veterans and those grateful for their sacrifices have marked the 66th anniversary of the D-Day landings, remembering the invasion that turned the tide of World War II.
U.S. veteran William Duane Bush, wearing a military jacket, raised the American flag at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, which overlooks Omaha Beach. It was the first time 93-year-old Bush of Lincoln, Nebraska had returned to Europe since the war's end. Continued

Image: Detail of the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia (Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress).