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Portraits of Normandy: U.S. veterans return 75 years after D-day

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A group of U.S. veterans, all in their 90s, returned to Normandy, France, for the 75th anniversary of the D-day landings at the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. Paris-based photographer Kiran Ridley made portraits of the veterans as they attended ceremonies commemorating the June 6, 1944, amphibious invasion, which according to historical estimates killed 2,501 Americans.

Raymond Wallace, 94, Pennsylvania, 507th PIR 82nd Airborne Division.
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Clifford Goodall, 93, Illinois, 7th Naval Beach Battalion.
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George Shenkle, 97, Pennsylvania, 508 PIR 82nd Airborne Division.
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Fernando Torres, 97, California, 17th Signal Battalion A Company.
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Loren Kissick, 94, Washington state, U.S. Army, 83rd Infantry Division, 483rd Automatic Weapon Battalion.
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Dennis Thompson, 96, U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 and B-17 bomber pilot, who flew over 30 missions, including on D-day.
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Harold Himmelsbach, 94, Califonia, 9th USAAF, 123rd Quartermaster Truck Company Aviation.
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Clifford Stump, 95, Texas, 82nd Airborne Division.
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K.T Robbin, 98, Mississippi, U.S. Army, 95th Quartermaster Bakery Battalion.
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Willard LaCounte, 96, Montana, 18th anti-aircraft division attached to the 9th Air Corps.
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Harold McMurran, 95, Alabama, U.S. Army 546th Field Artillary Battalion.
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Stan Friday, 95, Pennsylvania, U.S. Army, 80th Infantry Division.
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Ernie Lamson. 97, Minnesota, A Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division.
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Joe Reily, 98, Wisconsin, 101st Airborne Division.
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Jake Larson, 96, California, V Corps 1st and 29th division.
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Floyd Wigfield, 101, Maryland, 22nd Infantry, 4th division.
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Joe Scida, 97, Pennsylvania, a member of the Amphibious division who landed at Omaha Beach.
Joe Scida, 97, Pennsylvania, a member of the Amphibious division who landed at Omaha Beach.
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