Normandy Camporee

NORMANDY, France -- Wolf Scout Benjamin Cook from Ramstein's Cub Scout Pack 156 pays respects after placing a tulip at a gravesite at the American Cemetery at Colleville sur Mer on April 17, 2011. More than 3,000 Boy Scouts gathered in Normandy for the Boy Scouts of America Transatlantic Council's triennial Normandy Camporee. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Pamela A.Q. Cook)

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NORMANDY, France -- Quentin Smith, from Boy Scout Troop 156 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, pauses to read a note left at a gravesite at the American Cemetery at Colleville sur Mer on April 16, 2011. More than 3,000 Boy Scouts gathered in Normandy for the Boy Scouts of America Transatlantic Council's triennial Normandy Camporee. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Pamela A.Q. Cook)

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NORMANDY, France -- Members of Five Star Brass, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band, entertain attendees at the Boy Scouts of America Transatlantic Council's triennial Normandy Camporee. More than 3,000 people attended the event April 15-17. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Pamela A.Q. Cook)

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NORMANDY, France -- Maj. Gen. Jack Egginton, U.S. Air Forces in Europe director of operations, speaks with Zachary Shumaker, from Cub Scout Pack 97, Ansbach, Germany. Zachary explains to General Egginton that he just earned his Bear rank. General Egginton is the council president of the Boy Scouts of America Transatlantic Council and emceed the ceremony at the American Cemetery at Colleville sur Mer as part of the Boy Scouts' triennial Normandy Camporee. More than 3,000 people attended the event April 15-17, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Pamela A.Q. Cook)

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NORMANDY, France -- New Eagle Scout Victor Simpson from Troop 401 in London, and Maj. Gen. Jack Egginton, U.S. Air Forces in Europe director of operations, sing "America the Beautiful" at the American Cemetery at Colleville sur Mer April 17, 2011. More than 3,000 Boy Scouts gathered in Normandy for the Boy Scouts of America Transatlantic Council’s triennial Normandy Camporee April 15-17 and concluded the campout with a ceremony honoring those buried at the cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Pamela A.Q. Cook)

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NORMANDY, France -- Maj. Gen. Jack Egginton, U.S. Air Forces in Europe director of operations, a flag that was flown over the American Cemetery at Colleville sur Mer from Hans Hookeras, superintendent of the Normandy American Cemetery, on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America Transatlantic Council as thanks for his tenure serving as the council president of the Boy Scouts of America Transatlantic Council. More than 3,000 Boy Scouts gathered in Normandy for the Boy Scouts of America Transatlantic Council's triennial Normandy Camporee April 15-17, 2011, and concluded the campout with a ceremony honoring those buried at the cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Pamela A.Q. Cook)

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Normandy Camporee

Published April 18, 2011