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With medals pinned to their chests, two D-Day veterans proudly represented their comrades as 13 new names were added Tuesday to a memorial wall in southern England that honors those who took part in the Normandy landings. Cliff Dalton, 98, who is one of the UK's last surviving Normandy veterans, tells his story. A group of Second World War veterans have come together to share a "bit of living history" ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The nine men, aged between 98 and 103, gathered... D-Day Revisited was first established in October 2008 for the primary purpose of funding a 65th anniversary visit by British Armed Forces Veterans to the Normandy landing sites and surrounding region. The Memorial records the names of the 22,442 servicemen and women under British command who fell on D-Day and during the Battle of Normandy in the summer of 1944. This includes people from more than 30 different countries. D-Day: A military operation like no other. Our Chief Executive, Adrian Bell, writes about the extraordinary planning, preparation and coordination behind the largest amphibious invasion of all time. About 5 miles to the north of Portsmouth lies Southwick House. D-Day, codenamed Operation Overlord, was a massive assault by the allies to invade Nazi-occupied western Europe and saw 156,000 soldiers from Britain, US, Canada and France land on the beaches... British veterans sailed on Tuesday to Normandy where, 80 years ago this week, they fought to liberate France as part of D-Day, preparing to taking part in ceremonies marking a major turning... With the Ministry of Defence, the RBL will hold the British National Event to mark the 80th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings on 6 June at the British Normandy Memorial. This event will be broadcast on UK National Television and will be open to Normandy veterans and their guests.