At 99 years old, K.B. Smith is preparing for a trip to France to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day. When the flight lands, Smith will be 100 years old.

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.

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.

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.

D-Day veterans have been welcomed by Brittany Ferries as they travel to France to pay their respects to the fallen more than 80 years after the Normandy Landings.

Along the coastline near the five D-Day landing beaches, tens of thousands attended the commemorations to the ever-dwindling number of veterans. The June 6 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of ...

He was the only American chaplain killed in action on D-Day, but some 100 chaplains would give their lives during World War II, the third-highest casualty rate behind the infantry and Army Air ...

WWII veterans speak of sacrifice and freedom on France's D-Day battlefields, 81 years later The D-Day generation is smaller in number than ever but back on the beaches of France where so much ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse ...

American WWII veteran Gideon Kantor attends ceremonies at the US cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, Friday, June 6, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy.