{"id":553883,"date":"2021-06-05T18:50:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T22:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=553883"},"modified":"2021-06-05T18:51:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T22:51:00","slug":"residents-of-normandy-commemorate-77th-anniversary-of-d-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/residents-of-normandy-commemorate-77th-anniversary-of-d-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents of Normandy Commemorate 77th Anniversary of D-Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fresidents-of-normandy-commemorate-77th-anniversary-of-d-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=553883&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2418270\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2418270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World War II history enthusiasts parade in WWII vehicles in Colleville-Montgomery, Normandy, Saturday June, 5 2021 on the eve of 77th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II. (AP Photo\/David Vincent)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:45 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, June 5, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A small French town in Normandy honored D-Day Veterans nearly 77 years to the day since the decisive WWII military operation. On Friday, officials in Carentan held a ceremony commemorating veterans and fallen soldiers of WWII including American veteran Charles Norman Shay.<\/p>\n<p>Shay was a 19-year-old army medic and one of thousands of allied troops who landed on the beaches of Normandy in 1944.\u00a0The 96-year-old who reportedly saved 20 soldiers as a medic has been residing in Normandy. He has expressed that the French people will never forget the actions of the allied troops.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2418279\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2418279\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2418279 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21156344193862.jpg\" alt=\"World War II history enthusiasts photographed in Normandy. (AP Photo\/David Vincent)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21156344193862.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21156344193862-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21156344193862-655x437.jpg 655w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21156344193862-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2418279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World War II history enthusiasts photographed in Normandy. (AP Photo\/David Vincent)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn France the people remember these men, they hold them close to their heart and they they remember what they did for them,\u201d the veteran stated. \u201cI don\u2019t think the French people will ever forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes as travel restrictions are reportedly preventing other veterans from coming to Normandy for the anniversary. Shay, the only veteran to attend the Carentan celebrations, says he hopes the pandemic will be over soon.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-admin-and-dhs-deploy-mobile-app-to-help-illegals-cross-into-u-s\/\">Biden Admin. 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