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Europe will mark V-E Day's 80th anniversary as once-unbreakable bonds with the US are under pressure

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Europe will mark Victory in Europe Day’s 80th anniversary as once-unbreakable bonds with the US are under pressure.

Marcel Schmetz , 91 , built a museum at his home in the Belgian Ardennes to honor their sacrifice.

In Normandy , Marie-Pascale Legrand is still taking care of the ailing Charles Shay , a 100-year-old American who stormed the bloodied beaches on D-Day.

Many Europeans fear the breakup of the trans-Atlantic bonds that were a core of global politics for almost a century .

“Are we doomed to be eternally grateful?” Vos asks.

The naive belief that the Americans will, by definition, always be an ally — once and for all, that is gone,” she says.