Among the returning veterans are two 'Rosie the Riveters.'
A group of U.S. World War II veterans, including three women, traveled to the Normandy region of France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.U.S. veterans and families are traveling to Normandy on the northwest coast of France to pay their respects and commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when the U.S. and Allied forces invaded Europe during World War II back on June 6, 1944.
The World War II veterans are now between the ages of 96 and 107. Many were headed back to that fateful place for the first time since they first saw the horrors of war as young adults. They were all celebrated before they boarded the American Airlines charter, adorned with American flags, at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
Marjorie Stone, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, is one of dozens of U.S. veterans being honored in France ahead of the 80th D-Day anniversary."You wanted to be doing something. It meant a lot to do that," Stone recalled of her decision to join the war effort. The Rosie the Riveters were among the many Women Ordnance Workers -- government-contracted civilians -- who worked alongside their uniformed counterparts in the Navy's Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service arm, or WAVES, and the Women’s Army Corps, or WAC, to assist with the war effort. The Ordnance Department workers, known as WOWs, "wore WOW bandannas, designed in accordance with U.S.
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