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Red Grandy ©Stars and StripesPointe du Hoc, France, June, 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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