Photos: Ceremony marks 68th anniversary of D-Day
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A US Veteran holds a picture which represented him on June 3, 1944 in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Normandy, western France, as he takes part, on June 3, 2012 in this town, in the ceremonies of the the D-Day's 66th anniversary. Some 156,000 Allied personnel landed in France on June 6, 1944 during the World War II , event which changed the course of history. An estimated 10,000 Allied troops were left dead, wounded or missing, while Germany lost between 4,000 and 9,000, and thousands of French civilians were killed. AFP PHOTO CHARLY TRIBALLEAU (Photo credit should read CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/GettyImages)
