Remembering D-Day on 79th anniversary of Allied invasion in Normandy, France

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U.S. Army Infantry men approaching Omaha Beach, Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. 

More than 150,000 American, British, and Canadian troops stormed 50 miles of beaches in Northern France in an operation that turned out to be a turning point in World War II.

This is shared from an article on History.com.