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D-Day veterans look forward to Channel crossing

Associated Press
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    Veteran John Roberts, 95, in a jeep as he arrives to the cruise terminal to board the MV Boudicca, seen behind, ahead of its departure from the port of Dover, England, Sunday June 2, 2019, for a trip to France arranged by the Royal British Legion for D-Day veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. There are many events over the coming days to mark the 75th anniversary of the mass landings by the Allied forces against Nazi German forces on Tuesday June 6, 1944, in Normandy, France, that became known as D-Day. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)

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    CORRECTING BYLINE TO DANICA KIRKA - 95-year old D-Day Veteran John Roberts, left, sits in a jeep as he arrives to the cruise terminal with fellow vets ahead of their departure from the port of Dover, England, Sunday June 2, 2019, for a trip to France arranged by the Royal British Legion for D-Day veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. There are many events over the coming days to mark the 75th anniversary of the mass landings by the Allies against Nazi German forces on Tuesday June 6, 1944, in Normandy, France, that became known as D-Day. (AP Photo / Danica Kirka)

DOVER, England – About 300 veterans of the Normandy invasion have left Dover for a six-day trip that will take them back to the landing beaches on the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

The cruise will take the veterans to Dunkirk and Poole before arriving in Portsmouth, where British Prime Minister Theresa May and President Donald Trump will join other world leaders for a commemoration of D-Day.

The events of June 6, 1944, when more than 10,000 Allied servicemen were killed or wounded, still mark the lives of the men who fought that day.

The emotions are even more pronounced this year, as the dwindling cadre of D-Day veterans prepare to honor their lost comrades in what may be the last major commemoration that involves significant numbers of those who participated in the invasion.