Veterans had gathered on the clifftop overlooking Gold Beach where thousands of UK troops came ashore in the assault on Normandy on June 6, 1944.
Mr. SEAN CARPENTER (River Guide, Port of Gold Beach, Oregon): There have been days where maybe a hundred fish were caught, hooked all day, and 25 landed.
"On behalf of my generation, the younger one, I thank you, " British Prime Minister Tony Blair told Australian veteran Gordon Church, 96, who landed on Gold Beach.
Sepang Goldcoast was conceptualised as an integrated holiday destination catering to international tourists and travellers, modelled on famous beach havens such as the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and Miami Beach in the United States.
Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser completed an American sweep of the beach volleyball gold medals, beating Brazil in three sets.
This will be the second time that two teams from the same country have faced each other in a women's beach volleyball gold-medal match.
The Americans won their third gold in men's beach volleyball since the event became an Olympic sport in 1996.
All of us coulda leveraged ourselves in gold and played volleyball on the beach.
The Democratic base is centralized in the so-called "Gold Coast" communities of West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale (Broward County), Miami (Dade County), and in both Tallahassee and the minority communities of the panhandle.
But the Gold Coast can also surprise even the most dedicated beach snob with its sea hazed dunes, warm waves and soft, clean sand.
The U.S. men's beach volleyball team defended the honor of their gender by winning gold to match the American women, but the U.S. baseball team was trounced by Cuba in the semifinal.
While their female counterparts had to fight for their gold medal Thursday in wet sand and smog-stained rain, the U.S. men's beach volleyball team had sunny weather.
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