Latest updates: 70th anniversary of D-Day

Three helicopters showered 1 million rose petals on the Statue of Liberty during a event organized by the organization “The French Will Never Forget” to mark the 70th anniversary of World War II D-Day landings at Normandy. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

 President Barack Obama (3rd R) and French President Francois Hollande (2nd L) participate in the 70th French-American Commemoration D-Day Ceremony in Colleville-sur-Mer France on June 6, 2014. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

World War II veteran Henry Mendoza (seated) is helped by a National Park Service historian while participating in a wreath laying at the National World War II Memorial to commemorate the 70 years since 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. (Photo by Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post )

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