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Video: Top DOD Leaders Share V-E Day Meaning, Messages

May 8, 2020
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Hear from top Defense Department leaders as they share the meaning of V-E Day, in their own words.


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Videos by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Lebron, DOD

Victory in Europe Day
Service members stand around a sign reading "War Over in Europe"
Service members stand around a sign reading "War Over in Europe"
War Over in Europe
U.S. troops smile as they read the news flash "War Over in Europe" after it was written on a board following word of the German surrender, May 7, 1945.
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Spotlight: World War II
Soldiers wade into waist-deep water toward the shore of a beach from a ship with a ramp in the back.
Soldiers wade into waist-deep water toward the shore of a beach from a ship with a ramp in the back.
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U.S. Army soldiers disembark a landing craft at Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. By the end of the day, about 160,000 Allied troops had landed on five Normandy beaches and three airborne drop zones. The invasion marked the beginning of the final phase of World War II in Europe, which ended with the surrender of Germany the following May.
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