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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 4886995" data-attributes="member: 45230"><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-lifestyle-travel-health-coronavirus-pandemic-78a52d775edae4af0615f34f54621095/gallery/433bc4b2b58e426ab65540d4412cb5ea" target="_blank"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/433bc4b2b58e426ab65540d4412cb5ea/800.jpeg" alt="Charles Shay, the 96-year-old native American from Indian Island, Maine, salutes during a D-Day ceremony in Carentan, Normandy, Friday, June 4, 2021. In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applauds broke the silence to honor Charles Shay. He was the only veteran to attend the ceremony in Carentan commemorating the 77th anniversary of the assault that led to the end World War II. Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-lifestyle-travel-health-coronavirus-pandemic-78a52d775edae4af0615f34f54621095/gallery/433bc4b2b58e426ab65540d4412cb5ea" target="_blank">Charles Shay, the 96-year-old native American from Indian Island, Maine, salutes during a D-Day ceremony in Carentan, Normandy, Friday, June 4, 2021. In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applauds broke the silence to honor Charles Shay. He was the only veteran to attend the ceremony in Carentan commemorating the 77th anniversary of the assault that led to the end World War II. Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach.</a></p><p></p><p>Shay, who now lives in Normandy, was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-world-war-ii-france-international-news-europe-62b669483d924bb9ba03beffa27680ed" target="_blank">landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944</a>. Today, he recalls the “many good friends” he lost on the battlefield.</p><p></p><p>Under a bright sun, the 96-year-old Penobscot Native American from Indian Island, Maine, stood steadily while the hymns of the Allied countries were played Friday in front of the monument commemorating the assault in Carentan that allowed the Allies to establish a continuous front joining nearby Utah Beach to Omaha Beach.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://apnews.com/article/europe-lifestyle-travel-health-coronavirus-pandemic-78a52d775edae4af0615f34f54621095[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 4886995, member: 45230"] [URL='https://apnews.com/article/europe-lifestyle-travel-health-coronavirus-pandemic-78a52d775edae4af0615f34f54621095/gallery/433bc4b2b58e426ab65540d4412cb5ea'][IMG alt="Charles Shay, the 96-year-old native American from Indian Island, Maine, salutes during a D-Day ceremony in Carentan, Normandy, Friday, June 4, 2021. In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applauds broke the silence to honor Charles Shay. He was the only veteran to attend the ceremony in Carentan commemorating the 77th anniversary of the assault that led to the end World War II. Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)"]https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/433bc4b2b58e426ab65540d4412cb5ea/800.jpeg[/IMG] Charles Shay, the 96-year-old native American from Indian Island, Maine, salutes during a D-Day ceremony in Carentan, Normandy, Friday, June 4, 2021. In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applauds broke the silence to honor Charles Shay. He was the only veteran to attend the ceremony in Carentan commemorating the 77th anniversary of the assault that led to the end World War II. Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach.[/URL] Shay, who now lives in Normandy, was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he [URL='https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-world-war-ii-france-international-news-europe-62b669483d924bb9ba03beffa27680ed']landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944[/URL]. Today, he recalls the “many good friends” he lost on the battlefield. Under a bright sun, the 96-year-old Penobscot Native American from Indian Island, Maine, stood steadily while the hymns of the Allied countries were played Friday in front of the monument commemorating the assault in Carentan that allowed the Allies to establish a continuous front joining nearby Utah Beach to Omaha Beach. [URL unfurl="true"]https://apnews.com/article/europe-lifestyle-travel-health-coronavirus-pandemic-78a52d775edae4af0615f34f54621095[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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