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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Corder

A tiny village has commemorated being the first Dutch place liberated from World War II occupation

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Walking arm-in-arm with the Dutch queen, American World War II veteran Kenneth Thayer returned Thursday to the tiny Dutch village that he and others in the 30th Infantry Division liberated from Nazi occupation exactly 80 years ago.

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