More than 60 veterans of World War II are being flown from Dallas to France to take part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
World War II veteran Martin Sylvester is helped along at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas Friday, May 31, 2024. A group of World War II veterans are being flown from Texas to France where they will take part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. – More than 60 veterans of World War II took off Friday from Dallas to France, where they will take part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
They then head to the Normandy region for events that include wreath-laying ceremonies on Omaha and Utah Beaches, two of the landing sites for the Allied forces., 73,000 from the United States, landed at Normandy on June 6, 1944, in a massive amphibious operation designed to break through heavily fortified German defenses and begin the liberation of Western Europe.
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