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War veterans attend D-Day service

Hundreds of British WWII veterans of the D-Day landings have attended what may be their last major gathering, to mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day.

More than 1,000 Normandy Veterans' Association members were at the evensong service in Westminster Abbey to remember the landings.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth joined them.

Read entire article at BBC