D-Day veterans honor fallen comrades in France

10 個月前

STORY: Forty-five U.S. veterans are marking the

79th anniversary of D-Day in France

Locator: Colleville-sur-Mer, France

(Jake M. Larson, D-Day Veteran)

"I'm here to honour those that gave their life. // The stars are all these guys that put their life on the line for me to come through. I'm a survivor of D-Day, I'm not the actual hero."

Most of the veterans are now in their late 90s

On June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 allied troops set

off for Normandy to combat Nazi occupation