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A C-130 Hercules flies over the Carre de Choux (Cabbage

A C-130 Hercules flies over the Carre de Choux (Cabbage

A C-130 Hercules flies over the Carre de Choux (Cabbage Patch) Ceremony in Carentan, France, June 2, 2017. The ceremony commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing ... More

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, march to a monument dedication ceremony in Montebourg, Normandy, France, June 3, 2017. The... More

29th ID Soldiers find hidden treasures within ranks during Normandy observances

29th ID Soldiers find hidden treasures within ranks during Normandy ob...

Soldiers from the 29th Infantry Division pose for a picture with their French host family prior to a local home-cooked meal May 31, 2017, in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France. These dinners happen every year to kickof... More

A French color guard stands in attention during the

A French color guard stands in attention during the

A French color guard stands in attention during the Airborne Troops Monument Ceremony in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France. The ceremony commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibiou... More

Denis Vandenbrink, a local historian and reenactor,

Denis Vandenbrink, a local historian and reenactor,

Denis Vandenbrink, a local historian and reenactor, translates for U.S. Soldiers during a battlefield tour in Carentan, France on June 1, 2017. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest... More

D-Day Veterans attend the Carre de Choux (Cabbage

D-Day Veterans attend the Carre de Choux (Cabbage

D-Day Veterans attend the Carre de Choux (Cabbage Patch)Ceremony in Carentan, France, June 2, 2017. This ceremony commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and op... More

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple Heart Lane from a vintage C-47 Skytrain in Carentan, France, on June 2, 2017. Purple Heart Lane is a nickname for Highway N13 used by American soldiers and... More

A paratrooper of the 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts

A paratrooper of the 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts

A paratrooper of the 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts pre-jump training with French allies on June 3, 2017 in Normandy, France. The airborne operation on June 4, 2017 commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, ... More

The American and French flag are raised during the

The American and French flag are raised during the

The American and French flag are raised during the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment Cemetery Stone Ceremony in Hémevez, France, June 3, 2017. This ceremony commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the large... More

Reenactors apply camouflage before the Carentan Liberty

Reenactors apply camouflage before the Carentan Liberty

Reenactors apply camouflage before the Carentan Liberty March in Carentan, France, June 3, 2017. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operatio... More

Lieutenant Colonel Dwayne Milburn conducts the USAREUR

Lieutenant Colonel Dwayne Milburn conducts the USAREUR

Lieutenant Colonel Dwayne Milburn conducts the USAREUR Band as soldiers of the 82nd Airborne division participate in the commemorative D-Day 73 jump in St. Mere-Eglise, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph A... More

A Member of the Liberty Jump Team embraces his girlfriend

A Member of the Liberty Jump Team embraces his girlfriend

A Member of the Liberty Jump Team embraces his girlfriend on the drop zone following the airborne operation commemorating D-Day 73 at Iron Mike II Drop Zone in Normandy, France.

The converted farmhouse that German soldiers used as

The converted farmhouse that German soldiers used as

The converted farmhouse that German soldiers used as a secure point during World War II still stands near La Fiere Bridge, which the 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers secured in the days following D-Day, in S... More

Brig. Gen. Glenn Goddard, Commanding General of the

Brig. Gen. Glenn Goddard, Commanding General of the

Brig. Gen. Glenn Goddard, Commanding General of the 353rd Civil Affairs Command, makes remarks at the inauguration of the Maj. John E. Tucker memorial site in Saint-Hillaire-Petitville, France, June 5, 2017. Ma... More

D-Day veterans Charles Shay and George Kline shake

D-Day veterans Charles Shay and George Kline shake

D-Day veterans Charles Shay and George Kline shake hands at the Charles Shay Memorial in Saint Laurent sur Mer, France, June 5, 2017. This ceremony commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-... More

The crowd renders a salute to the colors during the

The crowd renders a salute to the colors during the

The crowd renders a salute to the colors during the Main Ceremony for D-Day 73 June 6, 2017, at Utah Beach in Sainte Marie Du Mont, France. This ceremony culminates commemoration of the 73rd anniversary of D-Da... More

A U.S. Army veteran renders a salute during the Main

A U.S. Army veteran renders a salute during the Main

A U.S. Army veteran renders a salute during the Main Ceremony for D-Day 73 June 6, 2017, at Utah Beach in Sainte Marie Du Mont, France. This ceremony culminates commemoration of the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, t... More

Utah Beach Ceremony Normandie, Normandy, France

Utah Beach Ceremony Normandie, Normandy, France

Flags from nine different countries are raised during the Main Ceremony for D-Day 73 June 6, 2017, at Utah Beach in Sainte Marie Du Mont, France. This ceremony culminates commemoration of the 73rd anniversary o... More

D-Day 73 Reenlistment, Normandy, France

D-Day 73 Reenlistment, Normandy, France

Colonel David K. Chapman, defense attaché to France, congratulates Machinist Mate 2nd Class Matthew Dibblee after his reenlistment inside of a Higgins boat at historic Utah Beach, Sainte Marie Du Mont, France, ... More

World War II Veteran Alfred Bucci greets German Capt.

World War II Veteran Alfred Bucci greets German Capt.

World War II Veteran Alfred Bucci greets German Capt. Benjamin Schultz during the Carre de Choux (Cabbage Patch) Ceremony in Carentan, France, June 2, 2017. While shaking hands, Bucci stated, “I hope there will... More

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, march to a monument dedication ceremony in Montebourg, Normandy, France, June 3, 2017. The... More

Maj. Ben Jones prepares for a ride in a WWII era Jeep

Maj. Ben Jones prepares for a ride in a WWII era Jeep

Maj. Ben Jones prepares for a ride in a WWII era Jeep following a ceremony in Picauville, France. This ceremony commemorated the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and oper... More

Soldiers of the German Army stand alongside soldiers

Soldiers of the German Army stand alongside soldiers

Soldiers of the German Army stand alongside soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division at the 73rd D-Day ceremony in Picauville, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

George K. Mullins, a D-Day veteran who participated

George K. Mullins, a D-Day veteran who participated

George K. Mullins, a D-Day veteran who participated in the liberation of Carentan, tries on historic replica boots during a battlefield tour in Carentan, France on June 1, 2017. This event commemorates the 73r... More

A memorial stone clad with floral wreaths signifies

A memorial stone clad with floral wreaths signifies

A memorial stone clad with floral wreaths signifies the remembrance of the airborne spirit in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France. The ceremony commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amph... More

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple Heart Lane from a vintage C-47 Skytrain in Carentan, France, on June 2, 2017. Purple Heart Lane is a nickname for Highway N13 used by American soldiers and... More

George K. Mullins, a D-Day Veteran who participated

George K. Mullins, a D-Day Veteran who participated

George K. Mullins, a D-Day Veteran who participated in the liberation of Carentan, receives a medal during the Chevalier Legion of Honour during the Carre de Choux (Cabbage Patch) Ceremony in Carentan, France, ... More

Reenactors are separated into divisions before the

Reenactors are separated into divisions before the

Reenactors are separated into divisions before the Carentan Liberty March in Carentan, France, June 3, 2017. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing ... More

A paratrooper of the 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts

A paratrooper of the 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts

A paratrooper of the 173rd Airborne Brigade conducts pre-jump training with French allies on June 3, 2017 in Normandy, France. The airborne operation on June 4, 2017 commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day,... More

Diana Sharpe, a Hémevez resident, recites the names

Diana Sharpe, a Hémevez resident, recites the names

Diana Sharpe, a Hémevez resident, recites the names of the seven soldiers who lost their lives on D-Day during the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment Cemetery Stone Ceremony in Hémevez, France, June 3, 2017. Thi... More

Spectators crowd La Fiere bridge, which 82nd Airborne

Spectators crowd La Fiere bridge, which 82nd Airborne

Spectators crowd La Fiere bridge, which 82nd Airborne Paratroopers secured during World War II, in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 4, 2017. The event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest mul... More

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division participate

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division participate

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division participate in a comemmorative D-Day jump near St. Mere-Eglise, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Agacinski/released.

A member of the Liberty Jump Team takes a selfie with

A member of the Liberty Jump Team takes a selfie with

A member of the Liberty Jump Team takes a selfie with French spectators following the airborne operation on Iron Mike Drop Zone II in Normandy, France. Paratroopers from across the armed forces and NATO jumped ... More

(From left) Brig. Gen. Glenn Goddard, Commanding General

(From left) Brig. Gen. Glenn Goddard, Commanding General

(From left) Brig. Gen. Glenn Goddard, Commanding General of the 353rd Civil Affairs Command, joins Mr. Jean-Pierre L’Honneur, Mayor of Carentan; Mr. Bertrand Froger, who spearheaded the project; and Mr. Louis F... More

Major General Timothy McGuire, Deputy Commanding General

Major General Timothy McGuire, Deputy Commanding General

Major General Timothy McGuire, Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army Europe, and Charles Shay, a Native American D-Day veteran who participated in the liberation of France, shake hands at the Charles Shay Mem... More

Mass Communication Specialist Chief John M. Hageman,

Mass Communication Specialist Chief John M. Hageman,

Mass Communication Specialist Chief John M. Hageman, left, together with a reenactor, render a salute during the Main Ceremony for D-Day 73 June 6, 2017, at Utah Beach in Saint Marie Du Mont, France. This cerem... More

Two military dignitaries render salutes during the

Two military dignitaries render salutes during the

Two military dignitaries render salutes during the Main Ceremony for D-Day 73 June 6, 2017, at Utah Beach in Sainte Marie Du Mont, France. This ceremony culminates commemoration of the 73rd anniversary of D-Day... More

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, prepare to participate in a monument dedication ceremony in Montebourg, Normandy, France, ... More

A memorial stone clad with floral wreaths honors the

A memorial stone clad with floral wreaths honors the

A memorial stone clad with floral wreaths honors the A memorial stone adorned with floral wreaths honors the airborne spirit in Carre de Choux (Cabbage Patch), Carentan, France, June 2, 2017, in commemoration o... More

Spc. Kelsey Little, a photojournalist from U.S. Army

Spc. Kelsey Little, a photojournalist from U.S. Army

Spc. Kelsey Little, a photojournalist from U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs, gives her American flag patch as a souvenir to a girl after the Airborne Troops Monument Ceremony in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France. The c... More

French Ambassador Attache Dirk Wentdorf & Colonel Jack

French Ambassador Attache Dirk Wentdorf & Colonel Jack

French Ambassador Attache Dirk Wentdorf & Colonel Jack Aalborg salute during the playing of the national anthems at the 73rd D-Day ceremony in Picauville, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

George K. Mullins, a D-Day veteran who participated

George K. Mullins, a D-Day veteran who participated

George K. Mullins, a D-Day veteran who participated in the liberation of Carentan, receives a kiss on the cheek from a local reenactor during a battlefield tour in Carentan, France on June 1, 2017 during a batt... More

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple Heart Lane from a vintage C-47 Skytrain in Carentan, France, on June 2, 2017. Purple Heart Lane is a nickname for Highway N13 used by American soldiers and... More

A crew from the 815th Airlift Squadron take off to

A crew from the 815th Airlift Squadron take off to

A crew from the 815th Airlift Squadron take off to conduct a 4-ship flyover at a ceremony in Normandy. This ceremony commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and... More

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and German

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and German

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and German Army conduct pre-jump training on June 3, 2017 in Normandy, France. The airborne operation on June 4, 2017 commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the l... More

Reenactors gathered for the Carentan Liberty March

Reenactors gathered for the Carentan Liberty March

Reenactors gathered for the Carentan Liberty March in Carentan, France, June 3, 2017. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operational militar... More

A young French spectators eagerly claps and awaits

A young French spectators eagerly claps and awaits

A young French spectators eagerly claps and awaits for two Paratroopers as they come off the drop zone following the commemorative jump by airborne forces into Normandy France for D-Day 73. Paratroopers from a... More

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division serve as Color

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division serve as Color

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division serve as Color Guard for the "Iron Mike" dedication in St. Mere-Eglise, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ashley Corkins, a broadcaster

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ashley Corkins, a broadcaster

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ashley Corkins, a broadcaster with American Forces Network (AFN)-Europe, records the airborne operations in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 4, 2017. The event commemorates the 73rd an... More

Two D-Day veterans who participated in the liberation

Two D-Day veterans who participated in the liberation

Two D-Day veterans who participated in the liberation of France, share a laugh at the Charles Shay Memorial in Saint Laurent sur Mer, France, June 5, 2017. This ceremony commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-D... More

Flags from nine different countries are raised during

Flags from nine different countries are raised during

Flags from nine different countries are raised during the Main Ceremony for D-Day 73 June 6, 2017, at Utah Beach in Sainte Marie Du Mont, France. This ceremony culminates commemoration of the 73rd anniversary o... More

The U.S. Navy Monument stands tall at Utah Beach, Saint

The U.S. Navy Monument stands tall at Utah Beach, Saint

The U.S. Navy Monument stands tall at Utah Beach, Saint Marie Du Mont, France, June 6, 2017. The names of the U.S. ships that took part in Operation Overlord are inscribed on the base of the monument, which com... More

World War II Veteran Alfred Bucci signs a copy of his

World War II Veteran Alfred Bucci signs a copy of his

World War II Veteran Alfred Bucci signs a copy of his photograph that Alain Lerock requested back in 2013. Lerock, a Belgian native, wrote a letter to Carroll and requested a photograph as a memento. Lerock, wh... More

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division salute to the

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division salute to the

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division salute to the playing of Taps during the 73rd D-Day ceremony in Picauville, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

George K. Mullins, a D-Day veteran who participated

George K. Mullins, a D-Day veteran who participated

George K. Mullins, a D-Day veteran who participated in the liberation of Carentan, returns a salute to Soldiers after a gathering in Carentan, France. The event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the l... More

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors perform a parachute drop along Purple Heart Lane from a vintage C-47 Skytrain in Carentan, France, on June 2, 2017. Purple Heart Lane is a nickname for Highway N13 used by American soldiers and... More

U.S. Army Soldiers march through Carentan from the

U.S. Army Soldiers march through Carentan from the

U.S. Army Soldiers march through Carentan from the Carre de Choux (Cabbage Patch) Ceremony in Carentan, France, June 2, 2017. This ceremony commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national... More

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and German

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and German

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and German Army conduct pre-jump training on June 3, 2017 in Normandy, France. The airborne operation on June 4, 2017 commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the l... More

Reenactors apply camouflage before the Carentan Liberty

Reenactors apply camouflage before the Carentan Liberty

Reenactors apply camouflage before the Carentan Liberty March in Carentan, France, June 3, 2017. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operatio... More

The "Iron Mike" memorial in St. Mere-Eglise, France.

The "Iron Mike" memorial in St. Mere-Eglise, France.

The "Iron Mike" memorial in St. Mere-Eglise, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

Senior Airman Shane Hague, loadmaster with the 815th

Senior Airman Shane Hague, loadmaster with the 815th

Senior Airman Shane Hague, loadmaster with the 815th Airlift Squadron, prepares to guide pilots as they back out of their parking spot before taking part in a paratroop drop over Normandy, France. This event co... More

U.S. Army Paratroopers watch the airborne operation

U.S. Army Paratroopers watch the airborne operation

U.S. Army Paratroopers watch the airborne operation on Iron Mike II Drop Zone in Normandy, France on June 4, 2017. Paratroopers from across the armed forces and NATO jumped into Normandy to commemorate the 73rd... More

Airborne operations kick off in Sainte-Mere-Eglise,

Airborne operations kick off in Sainte-Mere-Eglise,

Airborne operations kick off in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 4, 2017. The event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in ... More

Charles Shay and other D-Day veterans observe colors

Charles Shay and other D-Day veterans observe colors

Charles Shay and other D-Day veterans observe colors during the Charles Shay Memorial in Saint Laurent sur Mer, France, June 5, 2017. This ceremony commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-... More

Veteran Jimmy Carroll answers Airman 1st Class World

Veteran Jimmy Carroll answers Airman 1st Class World

Veteran Jimmy Carroll answers Airman 1st Class World War II Veteran Jimmy Carroll answers Airman 1st Class Ericha Guyote’s questions during an interview after the Carre de Choux (Cabbage Patch) Ceremony in Care... More

Musicians of the USAREUR Band perform anthems and other

Musicians of the USAREUR Band perform anthems and other

Musicians of the USAREUR Band perform anthems and other selections at the 73rd D-Day ceremony in Picauville, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

Mr. Darrin Courtney, a D-Day reenactor, observes a

Mr. Darrin Courtney, a D-Day reenactor, observes a

Mr. Darrin Courtney, a D-Day reenactor, observes a parachute drop along Purple Heart Lane from a vintage C-47 Skytrain in Carentan, France, on June 2, 2017. Purple Heart Lane is a nickname for Highway N13 used ... More

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 86nd Airborne

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 86nd Airborne

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 86nd Airborne Division and German Army conduct pre-jump training on June 3, 2017 in Normandy, France. The airborne operation on June 4, 2017 commemorates the 73rd ann... More

Paratroopers await their jump from an 815th Airlift

Paratroopers await their jump from an 815th Airlift

Paratroopers await their jump from an 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J over Normandy, France. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operational mi... More

Paratroopers participate in the airborne operations

Paratroopers participate in the airborne operations

Paratroopers participate in the airborne operations in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 4, 2017. The event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operation... More

The USAREUR Band performs while soldiers of the 82nd

The USAREUR Band performs while soldiers of the 82nd

The USAREUR Band performs while soldiers of the 82nd Airborne division participate in a commemorative D-Day jump. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

A U.S. Army Paratrooper from the 173rd Airborne Brigade

A U.S. Army Paratrooper from the 173rd Airborne Brigade

A U.S. Army Paratrooper from the 173rd Airborne Brigade signs an autograph book for a young French boy following the commemorative airborne operation on Iron Mike Drop Zone II in Normandy, France. Paratroopers ... More

Major General Timothy McGuire, Deputy Commanding General

Major General Timothy McGuire, Deputy Commanding General

Major General Timothy McGuire, Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army Europe, and Charles Shay, a Native American D-Day veteran who participated in the liberation of France, unveil the Turtle monument at the C... More

Sgt. Francisco Arocho, trombone, & members of the USAREUR

Sgt. Francisco Arocho, trombone, & members of the USAREUR

Sgt. Francisco Arocho, trombone, & members of the USAREUR Band participate in the 73rd D-Day ceremony in Picauville, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

D-Day reenactors observe a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors observe a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors observe a parachute drop along Purple Heart Lane from a vintage C-47 Skytrain in Carentan, France, on June 2, 2017. Purple Heart Lane is a nickname for Highway N13 used by American soldiers and... More

A paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and French

A paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and French

A paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and French Army conduct pre-jump training on June 3, 2017 in Normandy, France. The airborne operation on June 4, 2017 commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Mark D. Dornbusch of 1st Battalion,

Command Sgt. Maj. Mark D. Dornbusch of 1st Battalion,

Command Sgt. Maj. Mark D. Dornbusch of 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Texas Army National Guard) stands at attention following the commemorative airborne operation on Iron Mike ... More

A paratrooper participates in the airborne operations

A paratrooper participates in the airborne operations

A paratrooper participates in the airborne operations in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 4, 2017. The event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operati... More

Capt. Nick Foreman, pilot for the 815th Airlift Squadron

Capt. Nick Foreman, pilot for the 815th Airlift Squadron

Capt. Nick Foreman, pilot for the 815th Airlift Squadron flies toward the drop zone for a paratroop drop over Normandy, France. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national ... More

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division participate

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division participate

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division participate in a comemmorative D-Day jump near St. Mere-Eglise, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Agacinski/released.

Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, Supreme Allied Commander Europe

Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, Supreme Allied Commander Europe

Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (NATO) and Commander, U.S. European Command, makes remarks at the ‘Iron Mike’ Memorial site in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 4, 2017, in honor of the ... More

Soldiers of the German Army participate in the 73rd

Soldiers of the German Army participate in the 73rd

Soldiers of the German Army participate in the 73rd D-Day ceremony in Picauville, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

D-Day reenactors observe a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors observe a parachute drop along Purple

D-Day reenactors observe a parachute drop along Purple Heart Lane from a vintage C-47 Skytrain in Carentan, France, on June 2, 2017. Purple Heart Lane is a nickname for Highway N13 used by American soldiers and... More

A German paratrooper demonstrates German airborne equipment

A German paratrooper demonstrates German airborne equipment

A German paratrooper demonstrates German airborne equipment to American paratroopers on June 3, 2017 in Normandy, France. The airborne operation on June 4, 2017 commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the l... More

SACEUR General Michael Scaparotti & Charles Schmidt,

SACEUR General Michael Scaparotti & Charles Schmidt,

SACEUR General Michael Scaparotti & Charles Schmidt, National Commander of the American Legion, unveil a memorial to "Iron Mike" in St. Mere-Eglise, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

U.S. Army Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry

U.S. Army Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry

U.S. Army Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Texas Army National Guard), 173rd Airborne Brigade stand at the parachute turn in area following the the commemorative airborne operation on I... More

Senior Master Sgt. Darren Bannister, loadmaster with

Senior Master Sgt. Darren Bannister, loadmaster with

Senior Master Sgt. Darren Bannister, loadmaster with the 815th Airlift Squadron looks out of the bubble on the flight deck while taking part in a paratroop drop over Normandy, France. This event commemorates th... More

Sgt. Jonathan Bosarge, trumpet, performs Taps during

Sgt. Jonathan Bosarge, trumpet, performs Taps during

Sgt. Jonathan Bosarge, trumpet, performs Taps during the 73rd D-Day ceremony in Picauville, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 86nd

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 86nd

Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 86nd Airborne Division receive instruction from German paratroopers while conducting pre-jump training on June 3, 2017 in Normandy, France. The airborne operation ... More

The American and the French flags are raised during

The American and the French flags are raised during

The American and the French flags are raised during a ceremony in Hemevez, France, June 3, 2017. The ceremony commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operat... More

Drum Major Staff Sgt. Redentor Aledia stands with the

Drum Major Staff Sgt. Redentor Aledia stands with the

Drum Major Staff Sgt. Redentor Aledia stands with the "Iron Mike" memorial in St. Mere-Eglise, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

Paratroops jump from C-130J aircraft during a six-ship

Paratroops jump from C-130J aircraft during a six-ship

Paratroops jump from C-130J aircraft during a six-ship troop drop over Normandy, France. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operational mili... More

U.S. Army Paratroopers march through Sainte Mere Eglise

U.S. Army Paratroopers march through Sainte Mere Eglise

U.S. Army Paratroopers march through Sainte Mere Eglise in Normandy, France on June 4, 2017 to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of D-Day. The 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sky Soldiers) is the U.S. Army's Contingency... More

Colonel Jack Aalborg, Air Attache to the American Embassy

Colonel Jack Aalborg, Air Attache to the American Embassy

Colonel Jack Aalborg, Air Attache to the American Embassy in Paris, addresses the assembly at the 73rd D-Day ceremony in Picauville, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski.

LTC Benjamin A. Bennett and LTC Michael P. Wagner of

LTC Benjamin A. Bennett and LTC Michael P. Wagner of

LTC Benjamin A. Bennett and LTC Michael P. Wagner of the 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct pre-jump training on June 3, 2017 in Normandy, France. The airborne operation on June 4, 2017 commemorates the 73rd annive... More

The names of seven airborne paratroopers from 507th

The names of seven airborne paratroopers from 507th

The names of seven airborne paratroopers from 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) who died on D-Day are engraved in a memorial stone in Hemevez, France, June 3, 2017. The ceremony commemorates the 73rd anni... More

The USAREUR Band participates in the "Iron Mike" memorial

The USAREUR Band participates in the "Iron Mike" memorial

The USAREUR Band participates in the "Iron Mike" memorial dedication in St. Mere-Eglise, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

World War II Veterans celebrate the anniversary of

World War II Veterans celebrate the anniversary of

World War II Veterans celebrate the anniversary of D-Day in Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy on June 4, 2017.

A jumpmaster communicates with his troops awaiting

A jumpmaster communicates with his troops awaiting

A jumpmaster communicates with his troops awaiting their jump from an 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J over Normandy, France. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphi... More

Colonel Brian May receives a special commemorative

Colonel Brian May receives a special commemorative

Colonel Brian May receives a special commemorative medal from the Mayor of Picauville dring the 73rd D-Day ceremony in Picauville, France. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joseph Agacinski/released.

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