Seventy years ago, they were young men thrust into one of the most significant events of the twentieth century. Now in their late 80s and early 90s, the veterans of D-Day are living connections to the military gambit that helped liberate Europe from fascism and set the stage for the conclusion of the most destructive conflict in human history.
This 88 year-old veteran, pictured during a re-enactment of a paratrooper landing near Normandy, participated in a glider-borne attack on German artillery positions during the D-Day invasion.
One British veteran arrived in France much the same way he did seventy years ago: by parachute.
American Jim Martin of the 101st Airborne arrived by parachute too.
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