Eighty years after the pivotal invasion of Normandy, speakers at a ceremony in downtown Fredericksburg said that the events of June 6, 1944, started the decline and eventual defeat of Nazi Germany.
Robert Potts, 102 of Fredericksburg, was recognized during the D-Day commemoration held at the Our Fallen Heroes Memorial on Thursday night. Potts, who was 22 in 1944, served as truck driver in the 29th infantry. (Photo by Ted Schubel)
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