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D-Day 40th anniversary spectator, 1984

By Joe Gromelski
Published: January 27, 2012
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Pointe du Hoc, France, June 6, 1984: Bundled up against the Normandy coastal cold, five-year-old Alexander Poutaraud, a local resident, tries to get a glimpse of D-Day 40th anniversary ceremonies from between the boots of soldiers.

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