The commemoration of D-Day this year marks a special one for Susan Lawrence, and not just because it's the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy.
For Lawrence, it's also the first one when the remains of her two uncles are lying side by side at the Normandy American Cemetery in France.
“It means a lot to our family,” she told USA TODAY. “It's beyond words.”
Twins Julius H.O. “Henry” Pieper and Ludwig J.W. “Louie” Pieper were 19 years old when the ship they were aboard hit a German underwater mine and sank off the coast of Normandy on June 19, 1944.
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