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A Look Back at What South Florida Was Like in 1944

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Today marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

It was the invasion of Normandy by American, British and Canadian troops who landed on its beaches in 1944 – it was the beginning of the end of World War II.

But before it all happened that day, those troops were on the beaches of South Florida. 

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