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Britain’s Prince Michael of Kent, centre with beard, delivers a speech, during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Dieppe veteran Charles Russel Burrows, 93, of Picton, Ont., during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Spectators look on during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Dieppe veteran Donatien Vaillancourt, 95, of Montreal, during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Dieppe veteran Fred Engelbrecht, 92, of Hamilton, Ont., during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Dieppe veteran Charles Russel Burrows, 93, of Picton in Ontario, during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Dieppe veteran Jacques Cinq-Mars of Montreal, 92, during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.FRED CHARTRAND/The Canadian Press

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Britain's Prince Michael of Kent, salutes during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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A Canadian scout during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Canadian Governor-General David Johnston, center, delivers a speech during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Dieppe veteran Bill Valentine, center, during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Dieppe veteran Arthur Edmondson Rossel, 92, of Brampton, Ont., kiss a spectator during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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From left to right, Dieppe veterans Fred Engelbretch, 92, Arthur Rossel, 92, Roy Wozniak, 93, Russ Burrows, 93, and David Lloyd Hart, 95, during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Spectators look on during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Britain's Prince Michael of Kent, center, during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Britain's Prince Michael of Kent, centre left, during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Canadian Governor-General David Johnston during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Dieppe veteran Arthur Rossell, 92, of Brampton, Ont., during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.Michel Spingler/The Associated Press

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Dieppe veteran Jacques Cinq-Mars of Montreal, 92, during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.FRED CHARTRAND/The Canadian Press

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Dieppe veteran Jacques Cinq-Mars of Montreal, 92, during the commemorations of the failed Second World War invasion, in Dieppe, northern France, Sunday Aug. 19, 2012.FRED CHARTRAND/The Canadian Press

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