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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sylvie Corbet and Jeffrey Schaeffer

'It was tough': WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to commemorate D-Day

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Looking at the vastness of Utah Beach, its sand blowing in strong wind and bright sunshine, made Robert Gibson's memory of D-Day even more vivid.

“It was tough,” the 99-year-old veteran said of the moment when he landed there on June 6, 1944 alongside more than 150,000 other Allied troops.

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