"It feels lonely," said Dick Ramsey, who at age 100 is talkative and spry. "We're down to two people. We had many reunions."
On Wednesday, one day before the 80th anniversary, Ramsey arrived at Normandy-- his third trip there to commemorate D-Day-- for the first of two days of ceremonies.
He visited museums and the Pegasus Bridge. "There are a lot of beautiful places here," said Ramsey. "Even with all of the crowds, I was able to see people who I had met the previous year. And I continue to meet lovely people. The younger generation takes good care of us."
The Pegasus Bridge, a famous strategic crossing over the Caen Canal captured by British airborne troops, "paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe" and "was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War II," wrote the late historian Stephen E. Ambrose in his 1988 book "Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944."
--GreGen
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