1/15Special service troops (commandos) fight way inland from French beaches under enemy shell, mortar and sniper fire. The British troops pushed inland on one of the Normandy beaches in France on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
2/15American troops move over the crest of a hill to the interior of Northern France, June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
3/15CORRECTS DATE OF PHOTO, REMOVES REFERENCE TO TODAY - FILE - In this June 6, 1944, file photo, Allied troops crouch behind the bulwarks of a landing craft as it nears Omaha Beach during a landing in Normandy, France. The D-Day invasion broke through Adolf
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
4/15American Paratroopers fly over the English Channel enroute to play a key role in the invasion of France, June 6, 1944, by landing along a 100 mile front of the Normandy coast. (AP Photo/U.S. SIgnal Corps, Handout)
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
5/15Members of an American landing unit help their exhausted comrades ashore during the Normandy invasion, June 6, 1944. The men reached the zone code-named Utah Beach, near Sainte Mere Eglise, on a life raft after their landing craft was hit and sunk by Germ
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
6/15Soldiers of the 2nd Canadian Flotilla are seen as they establish a beachhead code-named Juno Beach, near Bernieres-sur-mer, on the northern coast of France, on June 6, 1944, during the Allied invasion of the Normandy. (AP Photo)
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
7/15German prisoners of war are led away by Allied forces from Utah Beach, on June 6, 1944, during landing operations at the Normandy coast, France. (AP Photo)
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
8/15After landing at the shore, these British troops wait for the signal to move forward, during the initial Allied landing operations in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
9/15Men and assault vehicles storm the beach as Allied landing craft reach their destination during the initial Normandy landing operations in France, on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
11/15While under attack of heavy machine gun fire from the German coastal defense forces, these American soldiers wade ashore off the ramp of a U.S. Coast Guard landing craft, June 6, 1944, during the Allied landing operations at the Normandy. (AP Photo)
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
12/15“Ducks” (amphibious trucks) and a half-track follow foot troops ashore during opening of invasion of France on a 100-mile front along the Normandy coast by Allied force on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
13/15A Coat Guard LCI, listing to port, pulls alongside a transport ship to evacuate her troops and wounded just before the craft capsized and sank during first invasion day on June 6, 1944. Helmeted troops, with full packs, are al to starboard side. Other shi
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
14/15Following the initial landings on the French coast, Allied troops at once began to push inland. Passing through Normandy villages they were given warm welcome by the inhabitants. British Commandos passing through the streets of a town near Caen on June 6,
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
15/15Following the first Allied landings on the French coast, June 6, 1944, troops at once began to move inland. Passing through French villages, they were given a warm welcome by the inhabitants. An armoured Bren gun carrier marked with the allied “invasion s
On June 6, 2014, millions around the world commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France - a turning point in World War II that changed the course of history. The anniversary revives memories for aging World War II veterans, but also is meaningful for others who were affected directly or indirectly by the war.
1/9World War II veteran of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division, Morley Piper, 90, salutes during a D-Day commemoration, on Omaha Beach in Vierville sur Mer, France, June 6, 2014.
2/9U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande look out at Omaha Beach, one of the sites of the Allied beach landings, at Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville sur Mer in Normandy, France, June 6, 2014.
3/9U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande walk by veterans and participants at a D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2014.
4/9U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande stand with veterans during the playing of Taps, at Normandy American Cemetery at Omaha Beach in Colleville sur Mer, Normandy, France, June 6, 2014.
5/9U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande stand with veterans during a fly over of the Normandy American Cemetery, at Omaha Beach in Colleville sur Mer in Normandy, France, June 6, 2014.
6/9Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott places a cross at a grave as he arrives to attend the French-British ceremony at the British War cemetery in Bayeux, Normandy, France, June 6, 2014.
7/9Britain's Queen Elizabeth pays her respects after laying a wreath during the French-British ceremony at the British War cemetery in Bayeux, Normandy, France, June 6, 2014.
8/9Queen Margrethe of Denmark lays a wreath in front of a war memorial, as part of D-Day commemorations, at Sainte Marie du Mont, France, June 6, 2014.
9/9A military enthusiast takes a snapshot of Omaha Beach, France, June 6, 2014.
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1/9Paratroopers are dropped over the Normandy countryside, near Ranville in western France, as part of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, June 5, 2014.
2/9British D-Day veteran George French, 88, from Wiltshire, who served with King's Royal Rifles looks out to the water as he stands on Sword Beach at Hermanville-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast June 5, 2014.
3/9British D-Day veterans, all from Wiltshire, stand on Sword Beach at Hermanville-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast, June 5, 2014.
4/9A Scottish pipe band parades on Pegasus Bridge in Benouville, France, as part of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, June 5, 2014.
5/9A remembrance ceremony is held at Pegasus Bridge memorial in Benouville, France, as part of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, June 5, 2014.
6/9Britain's Prince Charles crosses the rebuilt Pegasus bridge with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in Benouville, France, June 5, 2014.
7/9Visitors look at Omaha Beach from the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, in Colleville sur Mer, France, June 4, 2014.
8/9U.S. soldiers from the 82nd airborn company from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, walk on the beach of Saint Laurent sur Mer, also called Omaha Beach, as part of the commemoration of the 70th D-Day anniversary, June 4, 2014.
9/9Paul Clifford, 70, from Boston, Massachusetts, stands after placing flowers on a grave in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, in Colleville sur Mer, France, June 4, 2014.
