Handful of D-Day Vets Attend 80-Year Anniversary
The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe and change the course of World War II. Don’t forget what we did, say the handful of living veterans of D-Day, now mostly centenarians. “They probably wouldn’t be here if we hadn’t be successful,” says WWII bomber Bill Wall, 101.
Milley: Respecting Legacy of D-Day Soldiers
US Army GEN Mark Milley, speaking Monday at the American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer in France, overlooking Omaha Beach, told a group of World War II veterans gathered for the 78th anniversary of D-Day that the ongoing war in Ukraine is about “honoring” them as the world has come together “against a determined invader.”
Pax to Commemorate Battle of Midway/D-Day
The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum will host the NAS Pax River Battle of Midway/D-Day Commemoration beginning at 9:30 am Thursday, June 6, at the museum in Lexington Park.
