D-Day: Touching moments at the 80th anniversary events in Normandy

Crowds of people, World War II heroes, heads of state and royalty gathered in Normandy to pay tribute to all who fought the Nazi regime. While Greece was also present at the events, since the Prime Minister of the country, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was also in France. About 200 were the veteran warriors who took part in the military operation that began 80 years ago in Normandy and were the honored faces of this year’s anniversary events. However, Robert Persiciti of Rochester, New York, who had been selected to attend the events but died at the age of 102 a few hours earlier, was not among them, en route to Europe. Emmanuel Macron awarded 11 US veterans with the Legion of Honor, the French Republic’s highest honor. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky drew attention Accompanied by his wife, Zelensky greeted one by one all the attendees who rushed to him. THE […]
Source: News Beast

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