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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer during D-Day celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 allied landings in NormandySAUL LOEB

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Men wearing Second World War uniforms walk on the beach of Arromanches-les-Bains on Saturday during commemorations to mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day on the beaches of Normandy.JOEL SAGET

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British Royal Navy veteran, Harry Buckley, 84, leaves a remembrance cross on the beach of Colleville-Montgomery where he landed during the 1944 allied operations in France.MYCHELE DANIAU

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British school children help to place 4000 Union Jack flags bearing messages on Gold Beach, the location where British forces landed on 6th June 1944.Peter Macdiarmid

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper presents medals at the 65th anniversary of the allied landings at the US war cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer on Saturday.MAL Langsdon

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Ben Van Slyke of Halifax plays the Last Post during a D-Day remembrance ceremony at the Canadian war cemetery in Beny-sur-Mer.CHRIS HELGREN

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks through the Canadian War Cemetery with D-Day veteran Phil LeBreton, 87, of Montreal and youth delegate Christopher Bernard, 17, of Gatineau, Quebec, in Beny-sur-mer in France on Saturday as he visits Normandy to take part ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy.Sean Kilpatrick

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper talks with D-Day veteran Sam Garnet, 85, of Montreal on Juno Beach following the 65th D-Day ceremony in Courseulles-sur-mer, France.Sean Kilpatrick

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U.S. and French flags are displayed on the graves of the American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer, near Caen, Western France.FRANCOIS MORI

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Second World War veteran Windsor MacDonald, 84, of the North Shore New Brunswich Regiment takes a moment at his brother Alwyn MacDonald's grave following a Commemorative ceremony at the Canadian War Cemetery Beny-sur-Mer in France.Sean Kilpatrick

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A sculpture titled "Scaling The Wall" depicting United States soldiers scaling the Atlantic wall is on display at the National D-Day Memorial Saturday in Bedford, VA.Mark Wilson

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