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One by one, D-Day memories fade as war's witnesses die

75 years later, few veterans remain

In this June 30, 2007, file photo, French-born GI Bernard Dargols, 87, left, who landed with the US troops on Omaha Beach on June 8, 1945, Raymond Mouquet, 68, second left, the mayor of the nearby town of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, and American WW II veteran Arnold Franco, 83, from New York, third left, take part to a ceremony at the American cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

In this June 30, 2007, file photo, French-born GI Bernard Dargols, 87, left, who landed with the US troops on Omaha Beach on June 8, 1945, Raymond Mouquet, 68, second left, the mayor of the nearby town of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, and American WW II veteran Arnold Franco, 83, from New York, third left, take part to a ceremony at the American cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

PARIS — One more funeral, one less witness to the world's worst war.

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