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British soldiers, piper, mark 80th anniversary of D-Day with re-enactment on Normandy beach | AP News

British soldiers, piper, mark 80th anniversary of D-Day with re-enactment on Normandy beach | AP News

The enactment in Arromanches-les-Bains in Normandy marked the exact time of British troops’ D-Day landings 80 years ago. “To hear the pipes, it’s moral and it keeps the troops happy,” Pipe Major Trevor Macey-Lillie said, after landing near the Mulberry harbors, the artificial piers designed to support the war shipments. (AP video shot by Bela Szandelszky)

The enactment in Arromanches-les-Bains in Normandy marked the exact time of British troops’ D-Day landings 80 years ago. “To hear the pipes, it’s moral and it keeps the troops happy,” Pipe Major Trevor Macey-Lillie said, after landing near the Mulberry harbors, the artificial piers designed to support the war shipments. (AP video shot by Bela Szandelszky)