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For many in Louisiana, visiting Normandy is personal: On D-Day anniversary, we remember

Por: The Advocate Life July 23, 2024

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“Are you visiting a soldier today?”Those are the words visitors often hear when entering the Normandy Visitor Center.“That’s what they call it here … not ‘seeing a grave,’ but ‘visiting a soldier,’” wrote Joseph Dunn, of New Orleans. Dunn, who has visited Normandy three times, wrote those words in 2012, while on a diplomatic visit with then-Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne. Cpl. Albert G. Callais served in the 82nd Airborne Division.... + full article



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