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D-Day joy, hell for civilians told anew with virtual reality
Archeologists mapping quarry where civilians found refuge
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In this photo taken on Friday May 17, 2019, spelunkers rappel down a well shaft into a quarry in Fleury-sur-Orne, near Caen, Normandy. - photo by Associated Press
CAEN, France — The emotion of being liberated from Nazi occupation was so sweet and intense that the French refugees burst into song, a spontaneous rendition of "La Marseillaise" that echoed around the underground network of dank, dark tunnels where they had been sheltering for weeks since D-Day, amid filth, fleas and the rumble of bombs.
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