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D-Day remembrance in Carentan amid pandemic limits
In Carentan France Charles Shay the lone veteran attends the 77th anniversary ceremony as pandemic travel restrictions limit veterans from the U S Britain and other allies Shay a 19 year old Army medic at Omaha Beach in 1944 recalls fallen friends as France opens slightly to visitors and others remember Normandy survivors and the battle that turned the tide.
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Carentan
France
Normandy
Charles Shay
U.S
Britain
Shay
Omaha Beach
Penobscot
Indian Island
Maine
Utah Beach
Colleville-sur-Mer
Associated Press
Sainte-Merc-Eglise
Renaud
Omaha
Utah
Juno
Germany
Kevin Sharp
101St Airborne Division
Kentucky