American World War II veteran Anthony Pagano, 97, touches a sculpture prior a ceremony at Utah Beach near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. AP 12 ...

Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day. Along the coastline and near the D-Day landing beaches, tens of thousands of onlookers attended the commemorations.

Across the Normandy coast where the largest-ever land, sea and air armada punctured Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe on D-day and helped precipitate his downfall 11 months later, Allied ...

The Best Defense Foundation brought 23 former servicemen to Normandy's beaches to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day this year. Fewer than 67,000 WWII veterans were still alive as of 2024.

World War II veteran Jake Larson meets youths during ceremonies at the US cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, Friday, June 6, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to World War II veterans following the June 6, 2025, ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, marking the 81st anniversary of ...

Across the Normandy coast where the largest-ever land, sea and air armada punctured Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe on D-Day and helped precipitate his downfall 11 months later, Allied ...

SAN DIEGO — This week, the Best Defense Foundation is taking 30 World War II veterans to the beaches of Normandy, France to commemorate the 78th Anniversary of D-Day. In this Zevely Zone, I went ...

More than 156,000 Allied troops landed by sea on five beaches – code-named Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword – or parachuted behind German defenses. Almost 4,500 of them were killed on D-Day ...

Some of the first American soldiers to attack the German defenses in Higgins Boats (LCVPs) approach Omaha Beach near Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. Plastic covers protect the soldier’s ...

The graves of two soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy have been formally identified 80 years later. The Ministry ...

Across Normandy, France, where the largest-ever land, sea and air armada punctured Adolf Hitler's defenses in western Europe on D-Day, Allied veterans of World War II are the VVIPs of 80th ...