American World War Two veterans and Normandy villagers have joined forces as they did on June 6, 1944——only this time the enemy is not the Nazi occupier but a bivalve mollusk best cooed in wine and served with fries.

　　Two enterprising fishermen in the Omaha Beach area want to create a commercial mussel bed on the hallowed D-Day landing beach and even plan to use“Omaha Beach”as a brand name to sell their seafood products. One who identified himself as U.S. war veteran Brian Jacobs said,“This is no better than tomb-raiding.”

　　White crosses mark the remains of 9,387 soldiers in the American Cemetery just above the beach.

　　The final decision on whether the project will go ahead rests with the prefecture, or local authority, which declined to comment.