World War II: D-Day

**WWII D-DAY NAZI GERMAN POW** German 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)

**WWII France Allied Invasion** French civilians give a warm welcome to American paratroopers, members of the Allied expeditionary force, which landed in northern France, on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)

**WWII France D-Day** An American infantryman receives his rations of candy and cigarettes, somewhere in England on June 6, 1944, before embarking with other troops for the assault on the French coast, to open the long-awaited second front invasion. (AP Photo)

**WWII Europe England D-Day Invasion** American Soldiers equiped with full pack and extra allotments of ammunition, march down ian english street to their invasion craft for embarkation on June 6, 1944.(AP Photo)

**WWII France D-Day** Members of an American armored unit at a Marshalling are "somewhere in England" on June 6, 1944, are briefed by their commanding officer prior to receiving their "D-Day" assignments. (AP Photo)

**WWII France** Canadian invasion troops stand guard over the first German prisoners captured during the assault on France by Allied forces on June 6, 1944 along a 100 mile front on the Normandy coast between LeHavre and Cherbourg. Wounded soldiers are being treated, in the background. At extreme bear are German coastal fortifications of masonry, silenced by the invaders. (AP Photo)

**WWII: D-DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY** In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, while 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, during the Allied landing operations at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)

**WWII France Allied Invasion** A French civilian points out the way for an American soldier who landed with the Allied expeditionary force in northern France, on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)

**Erwin Rommel** Young Field Marshal Erwin Rommel headed group B, on the coast hit by the allied invasion, June 6, 1944 under Von Runstedt. He reviews the crew of a battery on the channel coast. ( AP Photo)

**WWII NORMANDY INVASION** Members of a British special service commando are having their kits checked before leaving for the Allied landing operations of the Normandy coast in France, on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)

**WWII France D-Day** Landing craft loaded with American troops pass other landing craft lining the dock side while in foreground, other craft take on equipment on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)

**WWII D-DAY NORMANDY INVASION** Sitting in the cover of their foxholes, American soldiers of the Allied Expeditionary Force secure a beachhead during initial landing operations at Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. In the background amphibious tanks and other equipment crowd the beach, while landing craft bring more troops and material ashore. (AP Photo/Weston Haynes)

**Roger Green** Roger Greene, Associated Press Newsfeature Writer in Washington, D.C., was the first seaborned war correspondent to land on the beach of Normandy in the D-Day invasion, France on June 6, 1944, Greene is seen a few days after the landing. He wore a white patch over his right eye, (childhood accident) and made the landing with a broken left wrist, which he encased in a steel-ribbed leather gauntlet. Greene was shouldering a 65-pound rucksack and his water-proof typewriter when he was dump into the channel off the French coast. But he pressed on to the shore and soon landed in a bomb crater where he promptly wrote his first story. (AP Photo)

**World War II D-Day Anniversary** FILE - In this June 6, 1944 file picture, some of the first assault troops to hit the Normandy, France beachhead take cover behind enemy obstacles to fire on German forces as others follow the first tanks plunging through the water towards the German-held shore during World War II. (AP Photo)

**WWII D-DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY** Carrying full equipment, American assault troops move onto a beachhead code-named Omaha Beach, on the northern coast of France on June 6, 1944, during the Allied invasion of the Normandy coast. (AP Photo)

**WWII D-DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY** Members 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 German coastal defenses. (AP Photo/International News Photo Pool)

**WWII France** A member of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps communicates with his supply center by field telephone from an emergency first aid station set up on one of the French beachheads to treat allied wounded during the initial landings in France on June 6, 1944. The concrete wall which gives shelter to the station was part of the German beach defenses. In the background, U.S. troops of the allied expeditionary force crouch behind a hastily constructed gun emplacement. (AP Photo)

**WWII U.S. PARATROOPS D-DAY** In this photo provided by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, U.S. paratroopers fix their static lines before a jump before dawn over Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944, in France. The decision to launch the airborne attack in darkness instead of waiting for first light was probably one of the few Allied missteps on June 6, and there was much to criticize both in the training and equipment given to paratroopers and glider-borne troops of the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions. Improvements were called for after the invasion; the hard-won knowledge would be used to advantage later. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps)

**WWII British Isles** In Piccadilly Circus crowds of Londoners read the first news of the invasion in the editions of the evening papers, June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)

**WWII D-DAY NORMANDY INVASION** In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a U.S. Coast Guard landing barge, tightly packed with helmeted soldiers, approaches the shore at Normandy, France, during initial Allied landing operations, June 6, 1944. These barges ride back and forth across the English Channel, bringing wave after wave of reinforcement troops to the Allied beachheads. (AP Photo)

**WWII England D-Day Airfield** British Stirling bombers line up on an airfield, somewhere in England, on June 7, 1944, before towing gliders, full of Allied troops, to France as part of the D-Day landings. (AP Photo)

**Attack in Normandy** American troops move over the crest of a hill to the interior of Northern France, June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)

**American Invasion** America soldiers, equipped with full pack and extra allotments of ammunition, march down an English street to their invasion craft for embarkation, on June 6, 1944 for their historic second front assault on the french coast. (AP Photo)

**WWII TROOPS NORMANDY INVASION** Men and supplies are being ferried out to landing crafts enroute for the initial Allied invasion of the Normandy, June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Peter Carroll)

**WWII D-DAY NORMANDY INVASION** As the Allied invasion of the Normandy gets underway, American troops are shown as they embark in landing crafts at a British port, on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Peter Carroll)

**WWII D-DAY NORMANDY INVASION** A U.S. Coast Guard LCI, heavily listing to port, moves alongside a transport ship to evacuate her troops, during the initial Normandy landing operations in France, on June 6, 1944. Moments later the craft will capsize and sink. Note that helmeted infantrymen, with full packs, are all standing to starboard side of the ship. (AP Photo)

**WWII D-DAY NORMANDY INVASION** Men 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)

**WWII CANADIAN TROOPS D-DAY** Canadian troops in landing crafts approach a stretch of coastline code-named Juno Beach, near Bernieres-sur-mer, as the Allied Normandy invasion gets under way, on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)

**EISENHOWER PREPS TROOPS** General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day, "Full victory - nothing else," to paratroopers somewhere in England, just before they boarded their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe, June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo)

**D-DAY INVASION** Ducks (amphibious trucks) and a half-track follow foot troops ashore during the invasion of Normandy on a 100-mile front along the French coast by allied forces on June 6, 1944. This was a turning point for the Allies in World War II, known as D-Day. (AP Photo)

**WWII France Allied Invasion** A returning B-24 Liberator of the U.S. Eighth Army Air Force passes over part of the invasion armada as the boats steam across the channel toward the coast of Northern France, on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)

**WWII France D-Day** These members of the first groups of assault troops to take part in the Allied invasion of Northern France receive benediction from an Army chaplain before leaving England on June 6, 1944, for the European continent. Their assault craft are in the background. (AP Photo)

**WWII France D-Day** A big U.S. army field kitchen is rolled up the open bow of an LST (Landing Ship, Tanks), during loading operations at an English invasion Port on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)

**WWII France D-Day** Landing craft loaded for invasion assault LCT's are loaded with half tracks and other armored vehicles by American Troops, at an Embarkation point in England on June 6, 1944 just before they set sail for the D-day invasion of the French coast. (AP Photo)

**WWII D-DAY NORMANDY INVASION** After 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)

**WWII CANADIAN TROOPS D-DAY** Soldiers 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)

**WWII BRITISH D DAY LANDING** British troops make their way through low water and up the beach after leaving landing craft which transported them across the Channel to the Normandy beachhead for D-Day invasion in France, June 6, 1944 in World War II. (AP Photo/Official British photo)

**WWII U.S. PARATROOPERS D DAY** American paratroopers, heavily armed, sit inside a military plane as they soar over the English Channel en route to the Normandy French coast for the Allied D-Day invasion of the German stronghold during World War II, June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)

**WWII U.S. D DAY LANDING** American soldiers and supplies arrive on the shore of the French coast of German-occupied Normandy during the Allied D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 in World War II. (AP Photo)

WWII vet and rep of allied nation place wreath at WWII Memorial marking D-Day anniversary #wtop #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/VHtsB2BbEM
— Dick Uliano (@DickUliano) June 6, 2014

(AP Photo)

**APTOPIX France D-Day** 93 year old U.S WW II veteran Jim Martin of the 101st Airborne, left, completes a tandem parachute jump onto Utah Beach, western France, Thursday June 5, 2014, as part of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the D Day. World leaders and veterans prepare to mark the 70th anniversary of the invasion this week in Normandy. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

**Gen. Richard D. Clarke, Carmel Whetzel** Gen. Richard D. Clarke, left, of West Point U.S. Military Academy, speaks with U.S WW II veteran 90 year old Carmel Whetzel, right, from Winchester, VA, during a ceremony in homage at paratroopers of the 82th and 101th airborne, in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, as part of the commemoration of the 70th D-Day anniversary, Thursday, June 5, 2014. World leaders and veterans prepare to mark the 70th anniversary of the invasion this week in Normandy. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

**Philip M. Breedlove, Philipps Curtis** Gen. Philip M. Breedlove Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, right, shakes hands with U.S WW II veteran 90-year-old Curtis Philipps from Georgia, who landed in Picauville on June 6, 1944, during a ceremony in homage to the English and American airborne and pilots, at the Memorial of airborne and US Air Force, in Picauville, France, as part of the commemoration of the 70th D-Day anniversary, Thursday, June 5, 2014. World leaders and veterans prepare to mark the 70th anniversary of the invasion this week in Normandy. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

**APTOPIX France D-Day** People wearing WWII style clothes look toward the sea, on the beach of Arromanches, western France, Friday June 6, 2014. Ceremonies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day are drawing thousands of visitors to the cemeteries, beaches and stone-walled villages of Normandy this week, including some of the few remaining survivors of the largest sea-borne invasion ever mounted. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

**Queen Maxima, King Willem-Alexander** King Willem-Alexander, second right, and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands arrive at a ceremony in honor at all combatants who landed in Arromanches on the 6 June 1944, and liberated Europe, in Arromanches, France, Friday, June 6, 2014. Veterans and Normandy residents are paying tribute to the thousands who gave their lives in the D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France 70 years ago. World leaders and dignitaries including President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II will gather to honor the more than 150,000 American, British, Canadian and other Allied D-Day troops who risked and gave their lives to defeat Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

**Barack Obama** A World War Two veteran, second right, meets U.S. President Barack Obama as they participate in the 70th French-American commemoration D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France on Friday, June 6, 2014. World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two's D-Day landings. (AP Photo/Pascal Rossignol, Pool)

**Barack Obama** U.S. President Barack Obama, front left, participates in the 70th French-American commemoration D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France on Friday, June 6, 2014. World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two's D-Day landings. (AP Photo/Pascal Rossignol, Pool)

**France D-Day** People wearing WWII military uniforms of Czechoslovakia take a snapshot of British landing craft, on the beach of Arromanches, western France , Friday June 6, 2014. Ceremonies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day are drawing thousands of visitors to the cemeteries, beaches and stone-walled villages of Normandy this week, including some of the few remaining survivors of the largest sea-borne invasion ever mounted. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Toby Roosevelt great grandson of Pres FDR reads FDR's D-Day prayer #wtop #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/TUC3gIVgeL
— Dick Uliano (@DickUliano) June 6, 2014

(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

**France D-Day** Australian World War II veterans place crosses and flags at graves before attending the French-British ceremony at the British War cemetery in Bayeux, Normandy, France, Friday, June 6, 2014. World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two's D-Day landings. (AP Photo/Leon Neal, pool)

Susan Eisenhower granddaughter of Dwight Eisenhower reads his msg to D-Day troops at WWII Memorial #wtop #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/uiIQRVNHsE
— Dick Uliano (@DickUliano) June 6, 2014

(AP Photo/Leon Neal, pool)

Army brass quintet at WWII Memorial for D-Day anniversary #DDay70 #wtop pic.twitter.com/bNBUDEFS3X
— Dick Uliano (@DickUliano) June 6, 2014

(AP Photo/Leon Neal, pool)

WWII veterans at their memorial marking 70th anniversary D-Day #D-Day70 #wtop pic.twitter.com/k2YeZI1Bzc
— Dick Uliano (@DickUliano) June 6, 2014

(AP Photo/Leon Neal, pool)

Honor guard at WWII Memorial for comemoration of 70th anniversary D-Day #wtop #D-Day70 pic.twitter.com/1D9mjdO39s
— Dick Uliano (@DickUliano) June 6, 2014

(AP Photo/Leon Neal, pool)

#Today in 1944, 73,000 American forces landed in Normandy on D-Day. 6,603 died. http://t.co/6Je1P5tWVL pic.twitter.com/oD88S5Yw8A
— U.S. Embassy Lisbon (@USEmbPortugal) June 6, 2014

(AP Photo/Leon Neal, pool)