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1 man lays wreaths in Normandy on D-Day amid coronavirus pandemic

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coronavirus pandemic stepped in, barring all travel for families to visit the World War II graves in France‘s Normandy, where Saturday marks the 76th anniversary of the epic D-Day battle, when allied troops successfully stormed the beaches and turned the war against the Nazis.

So anguished families turned to the next best thing — an Englishman living on D-day territory, a pensioner with a big heart and a small hole in his agenda.For years, Steven Oldrid, 66, had helping out with D-Day events around the beaches where British soldiers had landed — and often left their lives behind — be it organizing parking, getting pipers to show or getting sponsors for veterans’ dinners.Laying wreaths though, seemed something special, reserved for families.

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