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<description><![CDATA[The last surviving Navy doctor who landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy during the D-Day invasion of World War II has died, according to a funeral director and a researcher.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14205906-last-surviving-navy-doctor-on-omaha-beach-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14205906-last-surviving-navy-doctor-on-omaha-beach-dies</guid><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>doctor</category><category>world-war-ii</category><category>us-news</category><category>combat</category><category>omaha-beach</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2012 21:54:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sen. Kerry visits Normandy for D-Day anniversary</title>
<description><![CDATA[World War II veterans and Sen. John Kerry are commemorating the D-Day landings in Normandy at an iconic and eroding cliff.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/05/6790087-sen-kerry-visits-normandy-for-d-day-anniversary</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/05/6790087-sen-kerry-visits-normandy-for-d-day-anniversary</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>day</category><category>world-war-ii</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>world-news</category><category>d-day</category><category>omaha-beach</category><category>rachid-khimoune</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:36:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5ea649f3-3adb-43c4-ac6f-2973a656a6de.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5ea649f3-3adb-43c4-ac6f-2973a656a6de.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An installation of 1,000 casts of Russian, German and American combat helmets of WWII which also represent turtles, to denounce global violence, created by French artist Rachid Khimoune, is seen on Omaha Beach in Colleville sur Mer, western France, Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the eve of the D-Day Anniversary. 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(AP Photo/Vincent Michel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2d925183-da7a-449c-9049-5c2e4265c6d4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2d925183-da7a-449c-9049-5c2e4265c6d4.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An installation of 1,000 casts of Russian, German and American combat helmets of WWII which also represent turtles, to denounce global violence, created by French artist Rachid Khimoune, is seen on Omaha Beach in Colleville sur Mer, western France, Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the eve of the D-Day Anniversary. (AP Photo/Vincent Michel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b57b6d6e-871c-44e9-9a37-76a6156bdb31.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b57b6d6e-871c-44e9-9a37-76a6156bdb31.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An installation of 1,000 casts of Russian, German and American combat helmets of WWII which also represent turtles created by French artist Rachid Khimoune, is seen on Omaha Beach in Colleville sur Mer, western France, Sunday, June 5, 2011. The statues, exhibited here on the 67th  D-Day anniversary on June 6, 1944 allied landings in Normandy aim at symbolizing &quot;the never ending horrors of war&quot;. (AP Photo/Vincent Michel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b88519eb-8bcc-4ba1-ba7b-e145990a8f89.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b88519eb-8bcc-4ba1-ba7b-e145990a8f89.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 6, 1944 file picture, Allied troops come ashore in the surf and vehicles start inland on the German-held beach of Normandy, France during World War II. 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(AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9b5eb611-5162-478e-bc8c-1cca7734b320.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9b5eb611-5162-478e-bc8c-1cca7734b320.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;D Day survivor U.S. veteran John Primerano, 101st AB walks with unidentified students of the Ozarks College of Missouri, at the American cemetery of Colleville sur Mer, western France, Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the eve of the 65th D-Day Anniversary. 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(AP Photo/Vincent Michel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5642c06d-367c-42d0-97fc-69f4c0ecb5cd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5642c06d-367c-42d0-97fc-69f4c0ecb5cd.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;World War II D-Day veteran Dick Marchant, 94, of Wirral, England, who served with the Royal Navy's HMS Consort, walks past a statue at the Caen Memorial, in Caen, France, Sunday, June 5, 2011 on the eve of the 67th D-Day anniversary. 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