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Visitors enjoy the Chateau de Versailles gardens, outside Paris, France, on July 15, 2023. France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III's state visit starting on Wednesday Sept. 20, 2023 at one of its most magnificent and emblematic monuments: the Palace of Versailles, which celebrates its 400th anniversary. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

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Palace of Versailles celebrates its 400th anniversary and hosts King Charles III for state dinner
By SYLVIE CORBET AND JEFFREY SCHAEFFER - Associated Press
Tue,09/19/23-1:37AM , 238 Reads
PARIS (AP) — France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III's state visit at one of its most magnificent and emblematic monuments: the Palace of Versailles, which celebrates its 400th anniversary.
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American WWII veterans were celebrated in Normandy, France as part of the 79th anniversary of D-Day.

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'It was tough': World War II veterans return to Utah Beach to mark D-Day's 79th anniversary
By SYLVIE CORBET AND JEFFREY SCHAEFFER - Associated Press
Mon,06/05/23-2:10AM , 105 Reads
ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches and key battle sites to mark the 79th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control.
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U.S. veterans arrive for the commemoration organized by the Best Defense Foundation at Utah Beach near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France, Sunday, June 4, 2023, ahead of the D-Day Anniversary. The landings on the coast of Normandy 79 year ago by U.S. and British troops took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

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'It was tough': WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to commemorate D-Day
By SYLVIE CORBET AND JEFFREY SCHAEFFER - Associated Press
Mon,06/05/23-2:10AM , 165 Reads
ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — Looking at the vastness of Utah Beach, its sand blowing in strong wind and bright sunshine, made Robert Gibson's memory of D-Day even more vivid.

“It was tough,” the 99-year-old veteran said of the moment when he landed there on June 6, 1944 alongside more than 150,000 other Allied troops.
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World War II reenactor put roses and flowers at dawn on Omaha Beach, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France Monday, June 6, 2022, the day of 78th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

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US general: Ukraine will keep getting ‘significant’ support
By SYLVIE CORBET AND JEFFREY SCHAEFFER - Associated Press
Mon,06/06/22-9:54AM , 164 Reads
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — The United States and its allies will keep providing “significant” support to Ukraine out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers, whose victory over the Nazis helped lead to a new world order and a “better peace,” Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday.
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