DOCUMENTING AFRICAN AMERICAN D-DAY VETERANS

“A Tribute to Those Who Also Served”

This coming June, France will be staging a unique historical celebration for the 60th anniversary of the landing of Allied Forces on the coasts of Normandy, France. Nearly a quarter of a million spectators are expected.

Sixty years later, thousands will be crossing the Channel again, this time in peace. For a few days, they will return to French places of battle, where their sacrifice helped change the course of history. The youngest veterans are pushing 80 and so this year’s celebrations will be particularly poignant.

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