Summary

--SUPERS-- Monday Washington --VO SCRIPT- - THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR 2 MEMORIAL OBSERVED THE 72ND ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY WITH A COMMEMORATION AND WREATH PRESENTATION ON JUNE SIXTH 1944-- MORE THAN 150-THOUSAND U-S, BRITISH AND CANADIAN FORCES STORMED FIVE DIFFERENT BEACHES ALONG A 50-MILE STRETCH OF THE NORMANDY REGION OF FRANCEIN ORDER TO FIGHT NAZI GERMANY IN WORLD WAR TWO ALLIED CASUALTIES ON D-DAY HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED AT 10,000 KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING IN ACTION: 6,603 AMERICANS, 2,700 BRITISH, AND 946 CANADIANS THE OPERATION WAS THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS INVASION IN HISTORY -----END-----CNNSCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- WORLD WAR II NORMANDY AMERICA MILITARY

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Title DC:D-DAY 72ND ANNIVERSARY AT NATL WWII MEMORIAL
Date 06/06/2016
Description --SUPERS-- Monday Washington --VO SCRIPT- - THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR 2 MEMORIAL OBSERVED THE 72ND ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY WITH A COMMEMORATION AND WREATH PRESENTATION ON JUNE SIXTH 1944-- MORE THAN 150-THOUSAND U-S, BRITISH AND CANADIAN FORCES STORMED FIVE DIFFERENT BEACHES ALONG A 50-MILE STRETCH OF THE NORMANDY REGION OF FRANCEIN ORDER TO FIGHT NAZI GERMANY IN WORLD WAR TWO ALLIED CASUALTIES ON D-DAY HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED AT 10,000 KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING IN ACTION: 6,603 AMERICANS, 2,700 BRITISH, AND 946 CANADIANS THE OPERATION WAS THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS INVASION IN HISTORY -----END-----CNNSCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- WORLD WAR II NORMANDY AMERICA MILITARY
Class Editorial
Rights Rights Managed
Format Standard Definition
Synopsis National World War II Memorial observed the 72nd Anniversary of D-Day
CNN ID 39102357
Name 370KJR4_001
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