D-Day 71st Anniversary, Normandy France. 5th June 2015. 'Bill' - (pictured in black beret) now aged 93 travelled from Suffolk with his family to join other veterans for a gathering and service at Pegasus Bridge, site of the first Allied parachute drop on the night of the 5th June behind German lines. Bill is meeting, for the first time a veteran member of the 6th British Airborne Division 'Red Berets' who landed in the area to relieve Bill from his duties. This week marks 71 years since Allied forces landed on the D-Day beaches to liberate France and Europe. Credit: Wayne Farrell/Alamy Live

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D-Day 71st Anniversary, Normandy France. 5th June 2015. 'Bill' - (pictured in black beret) now aged 93 travelled from Suffolk with his family to join other veterans for a gathering and service at Pegasus Bridge, site of the first Allied parachute drop on the night of the 5th June behind German lines. Bill is meeting, for the first time a veteran member of the 6th British Airborne Division 'Red Berets' who landed in the area to relieve Bill from his duties. This week marks 71 years since Allied forces landed on the D-Day beaches to liberate France and Europe. The monument to Major John Howard (Airborne) of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry indicates the exact location that gliders carrying soldiers landed to capture the strategic bridge in Ranville.

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