D-Day veterans from Georgia make pilgrimage to Normandy

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D-Day veterans from Georgia make pilgrimage to Normandy

Music & Concerts
When:
June 5, 2026 ยท 8:52 PM
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Concerns grow over wrong
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Concerns grow over wrong

A group of 27 aging World War II veterans traveled through Atlanta this week, boarding a direct flight to France to mark the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. The journey, organized to honor those who never returned, brought the former service members back to the historic beaches they helped liberate more than eight decades ago. A crowd filled the airport terminal as the Dutchtown High School Marching Band played for the veterans. Strangers stopped to applaud and thank the 27 men being wheeled toward t

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