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The National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, Virginia

The National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, Virginia

Mention the word D-Day and you evoke images of the Beaches of Normandy and white marble crosses marching across the landscape in silent, precise rows, marking the sacrifice of those who lost their lives on the sands on France. You wouldn’t normally equate a town in the lush Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with the largest air, sea, and land operation in history. However, more than any other town in America, Bedford suffered the greatest losses amongst the servicemen who…

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