Burial for remains of WWII German soldier found in bunker

Описание: (5 Jun 2009)
La Cambe, France
1. Wide of German military cemetery with dug up grave in foreground
2. German veterans standing around grave
3. Close-up of veterans
4. Wide of soldier approaching grave holding box containing remains of a German soldier
5. Soldier holding box approaching grave, kneeling and positioning box over grave
6. Close-up of priest during service
7. Wide of soldiers beginning to lower box into grave
8. Close-up of box disappearing into grave
9. Wide of grave site, UPSOUND of trumpet being played
10. Close-up of trumpet player, UPSOUND of trumpet being played
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Rainer Ruff, General Secretary of the German Wargraves Commission:
"The remains were found a couple of weeks ago nearby the coast and that is very normal that we find somewhere remains of the World War II, and still, not in this region, but in other regions, World War I, too. Mostly when they build houses, when they construct roads."
12. Medium of woman laying flowers at grave
13. Top shot of box in grave and flowers
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Rainer Ruff, General Secretary of the German Wargraves Commission:
"Maybe we will have some information. They have found a special plate, but it is hard to read it. And we just try to get the name of the remains."
Grandcamp Maisy, France
15. Pan of Battery of Maisy
16. Pan of bunkers
17. Trenches where remains were found
STORYLINE:
The remains of a German soldier discovered last year were laid to rest on Friday, as American and German World War II veterans paid respects to their fallen comrades at a cemetery near a D-Day landing site.
The veterans had gathered to honour those who perished in the epochal World War II beach landings, a day before an international commemoration nearby, led by US President Barack Obama, to mark 65 years since Allied forces landed on Normandy's shores.
After most visitors to the ceremony at the cemetery in La Cambe left on Friday, a few dozen stayed on in a corner of the cemetery, where a German pastor and a few soldiers buried the remains of a German soldier discovered last
year.
A Frenchman conducting construction work at the German battery at Grandcamp Maisy, 5 miles (8 kilometres) away, came
across first a gun and then the remains, which have yet to be identified.
Generations have passed, but remnants of the war continue to surface.
Rainer Ruff, General Secretary of the German Wargraves Commission, said such discoveries are common in the area.
Grandcamp Maisy formed a part of the Atlantic Wall, the German defences against D-Day in 1944.

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