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pay their respects. talking about those names, looking at the pillars and walls, the names are carved in stone, they are set out in units and days, the days which people died, those that didn t make it home, those that didn t make it home, those who died here in the waters off the coast, or here on the normandy soil. people can touch those names in position on the numbered pillars. it is a sombre spot but beautifully chosen, especially on a day like today, you look across the sea, as i am sure those soldiers, sailors and airmen would have done 80 years ago, wondering what was going on back in blighty, what their families and friends were up to. you can see the remains of the mulberry harbour. there would have been metal, machines, main as far as i could
remember the role they played. another notable fact about here is the mulberry harbour is here. this was meant to be a temporaryjetty put out at sea you can still see the concrete blocks and these were particularly significant because they had the allied forces bring extra material in and support their campaign of normandy. earlier on this afternoon there was a parachute jump this afternoon there was a parachute jump in an area close by were hundreds took part. there were 300 members of british, belgian, canadian and us military who took part in thejump. it was in a designated drop zone on the 6th of june 191m and a parachutejump designated drop zone on the 6th of june 191m and a parachute jump was to commemorate the role of the airborne forces during the normandy landings. there is much more to expect here, there s going to be more official events where we are expecting members of the royal family to attend today and tomorrow, but here, there are going to be some
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