France is preparing to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion which took place on June 6, 1944. (Rafael Yaghobzadeh/Associated Press)OMAHA BEACH, France — They are back, some for the first time since war stole their innocence 75 years ago on Normandy’s D-Day beaches. They are back on battlefields where the World War II veterans saw friends killed, took lives themselves, were scarred physically and mentally and helped change the course of history. Some buried their memories for decades but feel a compulsion to face their demons before going to their graves. The survivor of Utah Beach, one of the five D-Day beaches, had always refused to go back to Normandy.

Source: Washington Post June 03, 2019 15:16 UTC