AFrenchveteranof theFirstWorldWargreets Universal Carriers of the South Saskatchewan Regiment during a Canadian advance in Normandy July 20, 1944. George A. Cooper/Canada Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada PA-131386/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
A jeep ofU.S.Armycombatengineersunit drives past the destroyed Saint Malo church (at rear) following the D-Day landings operation in Valognes, France, June 24, 1944 in this handout photo provided by theU.S. National Archives.U.S. National Archives/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
ALCVPlandingcraftfrom the U.S. Coast Guard attack transport USS Samuel Chase approaches Omaha Beach on D-Day in Colleville Sur-Mer, France June 6, 1944. The boat is smoking from a fire that resulted when a German machine gun bullet hit a hand grenade. U.S. Coast Guard Collection/U.S. National Archives/Handout via REUTERS.
AU.S.Armymedicmoves along a narrow strip of Omaha Beach administering first aid to men wounded in the Normandy landing on D-Day in Collville Sur-Mer, France June 6, 1944. Taylor/U.S.ArmySC 189925-S/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
BritishLCT's line the Normandy shore, each with a barrage balloon designed to discourage enemy air attack, sometime before the D-Day invasion. U.S. Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Britishtroopsdisembarkfrom the Canadian navy infantry landing ship HMCS Prince David on D-Day in Normandy, France June 6, 1944. PO Donovan J. Thorndick/Library and Archives Canada PA190830/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
CanadiansoldiersstudyaGermanplanof the beach during D-Day landing operations in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. Lieutenant Ken Bell/Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada PA-131438/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Canadiantankcrewsremove water-proofing from theirtanksat Juno beach on D-Day in Normandy, France June 6, 1944. Canada Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada PA-132898/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Canadiantroopscome ashore at aJunoBeachlanding area on D-Day at Bernieres Sur Mer, France on June 6, 1944 in this handout photo provided by the National Archives of Canada. Ken Bell/National Archives of Canada/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
Crossedriflesin the sand are a comrade's tribute to this American soldier who sprang ashore from a landing barge and died at the barricades of Western Europe in this 1944 file photo. Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Father(Major) Edward J.Waters, Catholic Chaplain from Oswego, New York,conductsDivine Services on a pier for members of the first assault troops thrown against Hilter's forces on the European continent as part of the D-Day landing in Weymouth, England, June 6, 1944. Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Forward14/45gunsof the U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada fire on positions ashore during the D-Day landings on Utah Beach in Normandy, France June 6, 1944. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
AcrashedU.S.fighterplaneis seen on the waterfront some time after Canadian forces came ashore on a Juno Beach D-Day landing zone in Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, France, in June 1944 in this handout photo provided by the National Archives of Canada. National Archives of Canada/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
AlliedforcesSupremeCommanderGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with U.S. Army paratroopers of Easy Company, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Strike) of the 101st Airborne Division, at Greenham Common Airfield in England June 5, 1944 in this handout photo provided by the U.S. National Archives. U.S. National Archives/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
Canadiantroopspatrolalong the destroyed Rue Saint-Pierre after German forces were dislodged from Caen in July 1944 in this handout photo provided by the National Archives of Canada. National Archives of Canada/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
Members of anAmericanlandingpartyassist troops whoselandingcraft was sunk by enemy fire off Omaha beach, near Colleville sur Mer, France, June 6, 1944 in this handout photo provided by the U.S. National Archives. Weintraub/U.S. National Archives/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
The body of adeadGermansoldierlies in the main square of Place Du Marche after the town was taken by U.S. troops who landed at nearby Omaha Beach in Trevieres, France, June 15, 1944, in this handout photo provided by the U.S. National Archives. U.S. National Archives/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
U.S.Armyreinforcements march up ahillpastaGermanbunkeroverlooking Omaha Beach after the D-Day landings near Colleville sur Mer, France, June 18, 1944, in this handout photo provided by theU.S. National Archives.U.S. National Archives/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
U.S.Armysoldiersof the 8thInfantryRegiment,4thInfantryDivision, move out over the seawall on Utah Beach after coming ashore in front of a concrete wall near La Madeleine, France, June 6, 1944, in this handout photo provided by theU.S. National Archives.U.S. National Archives/ArmySignal Corps Collection/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
U.S.Armytroopsmakeabattleplanin a farmyard amid cattle, which were killed by artillery bursts, near the D-Day landing zone of Utah Beach in Les Dunes de Varreville, France, on June 6, 1944 in this handout photo provided by theU.S. National Archives.U.S. National Archives/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
U.S.reinforcementslandonOmahabeach during the Normandy D-Daylandingsnear Vierville sur Mer, France, on June 6, 1944 in this handout photo provided by theU.S. National Archives. Cpt Herman Wall/U.S. National Archives/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
U.S.troopswadeashorefrom a Coast Guard landing craft at Omaha Beach during the Normandy D-Day landings near Vierville sur Mer, France, on June 6, 1944 in this handout photo provided by theU.S. National Archives. Robert F. Sargent/U.S. National Archives/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
Landingcraftawaitthe 2nd Battalion U.S. Army Rangers, tasked with capturing the German heavy coastal defence battery at Pointe du Hoc to the west of the D-Daylandingzone of Omaha Beach, in Weymouth, England, on June 5, 1944. U.S. National Archives/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
AnLCMlandingcraftmanned by the U.S. Coast Guard, evacuating U.S. casualties from the invasion beaches, brings them to a transport for treatment on D-Day in Normandy, France June 6, 1944. U.S. Coast Guard Collection/U.S. National Archives/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
A Coast Guard Combat Photographer came upon thismonumentto adeadAmericansoldiersomewhere on the shell-blasted shore of Normandy, in June 1944. U.S. Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
OmahaBeachsecuredafterD-Dayin June 1944. Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
TheU.S.NavyminesweeperUSSTidesinks after striking a mine, while its crew are assisted by patrol torpedo boat PT-509 andminesweeperUSSPheasant inNormandy, France June 7, 1944.U.S.Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
U.S.ArmyRangersshow off the ladders they used to storm the cliffs which they assaulted in support ofOmahaBeachlandings on D-Day inPointeduHoc, France June 6, 1944.U.S. Navy/U.S. National Archives/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Bound for Normandy,U.S.Armytroopsare seen on boardaCoastGuard-mannedLCI(L), the night of June 5, 1944, the day beforeD-Day. Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
U.S.Armytroopsin anLCVPlanding craft approach Normandy's "Omaha"BeachonD-Dayin Coleville Sur-Mer, France June 6 1944.ArmySignal Corps Collection/U.S. National Archives/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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