From left, retired "Bevin Boy" Dennis Hill, Sgt. Ernie Lamson, Royal Navy Petty Officer Harry Eddy, and Royal Army Sgt. Jack Pentelow pose in front of the 303rd Bombardment Group memorial before the start of a World War II panel at RAF Molesworth, Un...

Retired Sgt. Ernie Lamson shows a photo of himself skydiving at the age of 92 during a World War II panel at RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom, May 27, 2014. Lamson was assigned to the 508th Parachute infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in 1942 an...

A World War II reenactor waits as his fellow reenactors prepare to drive an antique Jeep from the 1940's during celebrations of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, June 3, 2014. Thousands are expected to travel to Normandy and attend commemoration events ...

A World War II era helmet sits on the edge of an antique truck driven by D-Day reenactors in Normandy, France, June 3, 2014. Citizens of Normandy are welcoming thousands of people as they travel to Normandy and attend commemoration events for the 70t...

A simulated U.S. Army paratrooper hangs from the infamous church in Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France, June 3, 2014. Citizens of Normandy are welcoming thousands of people as they travel to Normandy and attend commemoration events fo...

Retired Col. Jack Brooks, a three war veteran who commanded a company on D-Day at Normandy Beach, France, flanked by representatives from each service, throws out the first pitch during an Armed Forces Pre-game Tribute at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas C...

Maj. Thomas Lutz (left) and Capt. Markly Jean-Charles (right), contingency contracting officers with the 409th Contracting Support Brigade, pose with actors playing the part of Allied troops at the 70th anniversary commemoration of D-Day, in Normandy...

A French child, dressed as an American World War II Soldier, stands tall June 6, 2014, while saluting the sands of Omaha Beach, France. The boy, never breaking composure, stood for more than two hours during a 1st Infantry Division ceremony that help...

An Army bugler plays taps June 6, 2014, during a ceremony honoring those who served with the 834th Engineer Aviaion Battalion, at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. The event commemorated the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The site rests on an...

A group of military reenters and parachutists joins Jim "Pee Wee" Martin for a group photo after his historic parachute jump, June 5, 2014, near Utah Beach, France. Martin returned to Normandy for a final jump 70 years after first making his landing ...

James "Pee Wee" Martin approaches for a final landing at Utah beach with tandem jump partner Dominic Kervestin, June 5, 2014, near Utah Beach, France. Martin is 93 and has completed a final parachute jump on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of th...

French paratroopers prepare to land while performing airborne operations here June 8, during an event where paratroopers from the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italian, Netherlands and United Kingdom jumped together from Air Force cargo planes. The ...

French paratroopers prepare to land while performing airborne operations here June 8, during an event where paratroopers from the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italian, Netherlands and United Kingdom jumped together from Air Force cargo planes. The ...

Paratroopers jump onto the Iron Mike drop zone here, June 8, 2014. More than 600 U.S., German, Dutch and French service members jumped to honor the paratroopers that jumped into Normandy on D-Day. The event was one of several commemorations of the 70...

Leadership with The French Will Never Forget, a French nonprofit association, raise a banner in front of the Statue of Liberty during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day on Liberty Island in New York June 6, 2014. The morning of Ju...

Commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day, U.S. and International Forces paratroopers land in the Normandy region of France as local and international news media documents the festivities. Over 700 paratroopers from the United States, France, Germa...

Commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day, U.S. and International Forces paratroopers land in the Normandy region of France as thousands of local nations partake and enjoy the festivities. Over 700 paratroopers from the United States, France, Germa...

Susan Eisenhower, Granddaughter of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, and Lt. Col. Justin Resse, Comander of 1st Battalion, 508th PIR, participated in a joint ceremony with the French and Germans to commemorate the 72nd Anniversary of D-Day by laying flowers at...

U.S. and French paratroopers pose for a group photo with a U.S. flag that belongs to a veteran, the flag will be returned to the veteran after airborne operations from a C-160 Transall during the 72nd Anniversary of D-Day, Iron Mike Dropzone, Sainte-...

Soldiers, Sailors, veterans and civilians salute or pay their respects in their own way during a memorial ceremony dedicated to the 29th Infantry Division at Omaha Beach in Sainte-Laurent-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2016. Many of the Soldiers who storm...

German and U.S. paratroopers wait for airborne operations to begin from a C-160 Transalal during the 72nd Anniversary of D-Day, Iron Mike Dropzone, Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 5, 2016. The Jump was conducted to commemorate the sacrifice of Soldi...

A paratrooper participates in an airborne operation in Sainte-Mere- Eglise, France, June 4, 2017. This event commemorates the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in history, and hi...

D-Day veterans Charles Shay, right, 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-national amphibious landing and ...

A young French spectator 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 across the armed forces and NATO jumped int...