Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day. Along the coastline and near the D-Day landing beaches, tens of thousands of onlookers attended the commemorations.

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COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined veterans in Normandy, France, on Friday to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings. Friday marks 81 years since Allied troops, led by American ...

At the Normandy American Cemetery, nearly 9,400 white marble headstones stretch across a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach, marking the final resting place of those killed during the Normandy campaign.

Veterans have gathered on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings ... at the Normandy American Cemetery that is the final resting place for nearly 9,400 ...

Guests attend a ceremony at the American Cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commemorated the anniversary of the D-Day landings, in which American soldiers played a leading role, with veterans at the American Cemetery overlooking the ...

American WWII veteran Gideon Kantor attends ceremonies at the US cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, Friday, June 6, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. (AP Photo ...

On Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer Rauchet (right) meet American WWII veterans at the U.S. cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, as they commemorate the 81st ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and his wife Jennifer Rauchet, right, meet American WWII veterans at the US cemetery as they commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, Friday ...

At the Normandy American Cemetery that overlooks Omaha, the resting place for nearly 9,400 American war dead, workers and visitors rub sand from the beach onto the white gravestones so the ...