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D-Day Remembered
 One year before major ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the allied D-Day landings in Normandy, a team of eight workers begin the task of cleaning each grave marker in the American War cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, June 4, 2003. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol  One year before major ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the allied D-Day landings in Normandy, a team of eight workers began the task of cleaning each grave marker in the American War cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, June 4, 2003. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol  One year before major ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the allied D-Day landings in Normandy, Edmond Mariani, a 79 year old WWII French veteran who fought beside American troops in the First Special Services Force in Provence, visits the American War cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, June 5, 2003. Next year's June 6th ceremony is expected to be attended by leaders of the allied countries and includes a re-enactment of the landings. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol  One year before major ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the allied D-Day landings in Normandy, a team of workers place flags U.S and French flags on each grave marker in the American War cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, June 5, 2003. Next year's June 6th ceremony is expected to be attended by leaders of the allied countries and include a re-enactment of the landings. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol  WWII and D-Day veteran Marcel Gauthier, right, originally from Niagara Falls, Ont. and currently living in Belgium, comforts his longtime friend Maurice Stefens, originally from Edmonton and also living in Belgium, as he breaks down upon entering the Canadian war cemetery Beny-Sur-Mer, some 3 miles from Juno Beach in Reviers, France Thursday June 5, 2003. The cemetery has over 2, 000 Canadian war dead from the Normandy invasions and is part of a ceremony Friday marking the opening of the Juno Beach Center on the 59th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (AP Photo/Tom Hanson)  WWII veteran Paul Merriman from New York, who landed on Normandy beaches with the 736th Artillery Division, touches a cross during D-Day commemoration ceremonies at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial of Colleville-sur-Mer, Friday, June 6, 2003. U.S., Canadian and British troops fought their way ashore 59 years ago to liberate France from Nazi occupation. The French flag, left, and the U.S. flag are seen in the foreground. (AP Photo/Franck Prevel)  WWII veteran Paul Merriman from New York, holds a rose during D-Day commemoration ceremonies at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial of Colleville-sur-Mer, Friday, June 6, 2003. U.S., Canadian and British troops fought their way ashore 59 years ago to liberate France from Nazi occupation. Merriman landed on Normandy beaches with the 736th Artillery Division. (AP Photo/Franck Prevel)  A Canadian mounted policeman stands guard as French schoolchildren place flowers on grave markers at the Canadian war cemetary at Beny-sur-Mer, in Normandy, June 6, 2003. Ceremonies marking the 59th anniversary of the allied landings took place along the stretch of Normandy coast today. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol  Canadian veteran Phil Cockburn gives pins to French schoolchildren who placed flowers on grave markers at the Canadian war cemetary at Beny-sur-Mer, in Normandy, June 6, 2003. Ceremonies marking the 59th anniversary of the allied landings took place along the stretch of Normandy coast today. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol  A Canadian World War II veteran pauses before grave markers at the Canadian war cemetery at Beny-sur-Mer, in Normandy, June 6, 2003. Ceremonies marking the 59th anniversary of the allied landings took place along the stretch of Normandy coast today. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
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