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Musicians in Kharkiv, Ukraine refuse to cancel town’s music competition, regardless of weeks of Russian strikes. And American veterans of the Normandy invasion journey to France to mark the anniversary of D-Day.

Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga (left), Commanding Normal of U.S. Military Particular Operations, greets World Conflict II veteran Kenneth Smith, who served as a Petty Officer aboard the usSatterlee off the coast of Normandy, following a ceremony honoring the U.S. Military Rangers who risked and misplaced their lives 80 years in the past on D-Day in Pointe du Hoc, France on Tuesday.

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Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga (left), Commanding Normal of U.S. Military Particular Operations, greets World Conflict II veteran Kenneth Smith, who served as a Petty Officer aboard the usSatterlee off the coast of Normandy, following a ceremony honoring the U.S. Military Rangers who risked and misplaced their lives 80 years in the past on D-Day in Pointe du Hoc, France on Tuesday.

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