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A near-capacity crowd takes their seats before the start of the dedication ceremony.
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Veterans greet each other as the crowd gathers for the dedication of the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford today.
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All seats were full for the dedication of the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford.
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President George Bush gives a thumbs up to D-Day Veterans as they stand to be recognized during the playing of Aaron Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man.
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Bob Slaughter has helped raise $14 million to build the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford.
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Byron Dickson, 63, checks a loose piece at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford in April.
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Roy Stevens was in the first wave of soldiers on Normandy Beach and his twin brother died there, and Lucille Boggess lost two brothers at Normandy
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The sculpture "Across the Beach," already installed at the National D-Day Memorial site in Bedford, will be joined by "Death on the Shore" at an unveiling on Memorial Day.
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Click on image to view a 360 degree view of the Bedford D-Day Memorial.
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Click on image to view a 360 degree view of the Bedford D-Day Memorial.
*Click here to download the ipix viewer plug-in
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In his Kansas studio, Jim Brothers works on one of the figures from "The Wall," his rendering of U.S. soldiers scaling the bluffs of Pointe du Hoc in Normandy. The figures are part of the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford.
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