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As well as landing by boat, a number of soldiers were parachuted into Normandy, a scene that was recreated this weekend by soldiers from the Parachute Regiment near Pegasus Bridge in Ranville.
Their precarious voyage to shore and their dangerous dash up the beaches of Normandy are cinema gold, but as the veterans of D-Day walked along those very beaches this weekend to mark the 65th anniversary of Operation Overload they simply smile.
Their names are too many to list, and their lives too young to have ended, but amid their immaculately kept tomb stones all dated June 1944, a minutes silence was observed this weekend in memory of the fallen, and for all those who fought in Normandy.
Veterans who took part in the D-Day landings were joined on the Normandy beaches at the weekend by hundreds of air, army and sea cadets to ensure the legacy of D-Day is remembered by future generations.
Ten British World War Two veterans have been honoured by the French government, on 5 June 2009, for their role in liberating France in 1944.
Army features writer Claire Allen shares her thoughts during her five-day visit to Normandy with veterans of the D-Day landings.
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