U.S. soldiers stand on the remains of a house as they inspect damage in Carentan, in the Normandy region of France, June 15, 1944. The 80th anniversary this week of D-Day is a mixed bag of emotions for French survivors of the Battle of Normandy. They remain eternally grateful for their liberation from Nazi occupation in World War II but cannot forget its steep cost in French lives. (AP Photo/Peter Carroll, File)
June 5, 2024
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In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy's 20,000 civilian dead
“The Americans, for us, were gods,” Marchais, now 86, recalled. “Whatever they do in the world, they will always be gods to me.”