D-DAY

As veterans of World War II get older and older, with most of them now in their late 80s and 90s, how will we preserve that legacy and keep their sacrifice alive?

World War II veterans Ash Rothlein and Robert Mayne died this week.

The National D-Day Memorial will be holding a commemoration ceremony on Veterans Day and breaking ground on a new project.

Close friends of Bernard Marie tell us that he had been in failing health for some time.

A flag-draped casket sat near the altar of Saint John’s Episcopal Church Monday, as loved ones gathered to bid farewell to Bill Sisk, who died last week at the age of 96.

World War II veteran Bill Sisk died this week at the age of 96. The Lynchburg native used to participate in the weekly troop rallies.

The Lynchburg man who served his country and then graduated high school died Monday night.

For more than three-quarters of a century, Osceola "Ozzie" Fletcher was not formally recognized for being wounded in action in World War II.

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D-Day survivors are well into their 90s, often saluting fallen comrades from a wheelchair.

D-Day survivors are well into their 90s, often saluting fallen comrades from a wheelchair.

D-Day survivors are well into their 90s, often saluting fallen comrades from a wheelchair.

Veterans and officials gathered Sunday for the 77th commemoration of D-Day.

Residents and visitors went to few D-Day celebrations still held in the country marked by virus travel restrictions.

Ceremonies are being held Sunday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and western Europe from Nazi control, and honor those who fell.

The Prince of Wales today paid tribute to the "incomparable" Normandy veterans as a "long overdue" memorial was officially opened on the 77th anniversary of D-Day landings. Prince Charles, 72, spoke of the importance of preserving the memory of the "remarkable individuals” commemorated there for future generations. The British Normandy Memorial, designed by British architect Liam O'Connor, records the names of all 22,442 servicemen and women under British command who fell on D-Day and the Battle

Several events have commemorated the 77th anniversary of D-Day that led to the liberation of France and Europe from the German occupation.

In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applause broke the silence to honor Charles Shay

In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applause broke the silence to honor Charles Shay.

77 years ago, Operation Overlord was a go, with a heavy toll for one local town, but it was dedication decades ago that we’ll never forget.

The National D-Day Memorial commemorates the 77th anniversary of D-Day with three days of virtual and on-site events.

As we honor the 20th anniversary of the National D-Day Memorial being dedicated, one local veteran was just a teenager when he hit Utah Beach.

As we approach another anniversary of D-Day the Traveling Mom Blog is encouraging parents to take their kids to the National D-Day Memorial.

The images of World War II and D-Day are still etched into the minds of people around the world.

While nearly 20 years have passed since the National D-Day Memorial dedication, it’s been more than 75 years since the day Bedford fell to her knees.

Sunday marks 20 years since the dedication of the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford.

On Monday, the town of Bedford paid tribute to the men who lost their lives on D-Day more than 70 years ago.

Ray Lambert, the Army medic who survived multiple wounds on D-Day and was saluted by a president on the 75th anniversary of the World War II battle, has died at the age of 100.

BEDFORD, Va. – The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford is hosting its annual Flames of Memory event this weekend. Staff and volunteers were out Friday morning, arranging bags with battery-operated candles throughout the memorial’s grounds. Those luminarias will light up the night sky through Sunday, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.Each one represents a man killed on D-Day. There are 4,415 of them. “It’s really hard when you hear a number like that to imagine what that would look like, but this event allows you to see that by seeing all of the bags that are placed, starting at Burks Hill Road, all the way throughout the memorial,” said Maggie Hartley, associate director for programming and events for the National D-Day MemorialAdmission is free and donations are welcome.

The pandemic didn’t stop the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford from paying tribute this Veterans Day.

(Joe Giddens/PA via AP)LONDON – In a scaled-back service, Queen Elizabeth II led tributes Sunday to those from the U.K. and the Commonwealth who perished in wartime, as most veterans paid their respects at home as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The 94-year-old monarch looked on from a balcony at a government building above the Cenotaph on Whitehall in central London on the 100th year anniversary of the memorial's installation following the conclusion of World War I. Following a two-minute silence at 11 a.m., Prince Charles laid a wreath on the queen's behalf during the Remembrance Sunday commemoration. Though the service was very different, people up and down the land took time out to honor the war dead. “We need to be conscious of those risks and that’s why remembrance matters,” he added.

Charlotte Powers is related to Jack Powers, one of 19 "Bedford Boys" who died during D-Day.

The National D-Day Memorial reopened to visitors Wednesday after the pandemic closed its gates for months.

With the coronavirus pandemic preventing people traveling, this year's D-Day commemoration is a very different event.

Saturday's D-Day remembrance in Normandy have turned out to be one of the loneliest remembrances ever.

Saturday's D-Day remembrance in Normandy have turned out to be one of the loneliest remembrances ever.

In sharp contrast to the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this year's 76th will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping nearly everyone from traveling. It poses a particular threat to the elderly like the surviving D-Day veterans who are in their late nineties or older. All across the beaches of Normandy tens of thousands came from across the globe to pay their respects to the dead and laud the surviving soldiers. The acrid smell of wartime-era jeep exhaust fumes and the rumble of old tanks filled the air as parades of vintages vehicles went from village to village. Someday the COVID-19 pandemic, too, will pass, and people will turn out to remember both events that shook the world.

BEDFORD, Va. For the first time, the annual D-Day ceremony in Bedford will be virtual, which means a big loss in potential revenue for businesses in the town. There was no crowd Friday at the Bedford Boys Tribute Center, adding insult to injury after the past few months. Being closed these months, weve lost a lot of revenue coming in to sustain and pay the rent and everything," said Bedford Boys Tribute Center Co-Curator Linda Parker. A small town, but they have a true love for the Bedford Boys and the people that live in this town," Parker said. To watch the virtual D-Day ceremony, click here.

ROANOKE, Va. – An event honoring our World War II veterans will have to wait until September because of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past 35 years, Bernard Marie has honored those who fought for the Allied Forces with a dinner the day before D-Day. Marie hosts the dinner as a thank you since he was a just a boy when American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy to free his country from captivity. He has now written a book, “D-Day in the Eyes of a Boy,” so others will remember what America did for Europe. You have one guy who was killing people because they were not the same color of skin, same religion, million of million of Jewish.

BEDFORD, Va. – Bedford has a deep connection to World War II, and the town commemorated one of the war’s most important dates Friday morning. Church bells filled the air for the 75th anniversary of V-E Day, the day World War II officially ended in Europe. 19 men from Bedford, known as the “Bedford Boys,” were killed while storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, which itself commemorated the 75th anniversary of D-Day last year, had planned a parade in town for V-E Day. Although the parade has been canceled, National D-Day Memorial President April Cheek-Messier said the bells still illustrate the significance of this day.

BEDFORD, Va. - For Veterans Day, thousands came to celebrate veterans at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford. Local elementary students paid tribute in songs, while high school students brought in the flags. Peter Caddick-Adams writes in "Sand and Steel" more than 4,000 people died on D-Day, but 10,000 soldiers died during the training before the war. So really, I think we need to be paying tribute to those who died in the training and preparation as on that first day of combat," Caddick-Adams said. At the end of the program, veterans lined up to be embraced and thanked by local students and community.

It was 75 years ago this summer when allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in Operation Overlord, also known as D-Day. Friday, that heroic invasion played out on the shores of Lake Erie.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shot through by German machine gun bullets and tattered by the wind, an American flag that flew on the first U.S. invading ship on D-Day came home on Thursday in a White House ceremony. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueThe flag handover was a main part of the visit to the White House by Mark Rutte, prime minister of the Netherlands, who held Oval Office talks with President Donald Trump. I need to give it back, Kreuk said in a telephone interview ahead of the ceremony, at which he spoke. The LCC 60 was the only one of the three to complete its mission in the chaos of D-Day. Kreuk said his donation of the flag is aimed at remembering World War Two.

The flag handover will be a main part of the visit to the White House by Mark Rutte, prime minister of the Netherlands, who is to have talks with President Donald Trump. The 48-star flag was on the U.S. Navys LCC 60, which was one of three advance ships directing troops onto Utah Beach on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944. The LCC 60 was the only of the three to complete its mission in the chaos of D-Day. To Kreuk, 54, the flag represented the liberation effort that saved his family from Nazi rule during World War Two. Trump attended ceremonies in Normandy on June 6 marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

Teach your children or grandchildren about these historical grounds where thousands of young men gave their lives for our freedom. How do you visit the beaches of Normandy the right way? Start your visit to Normandy at a few of the many museums around the region. Getty Images Tourists visit the Mulberry harbours at the beach at Arromanche in Normandy (Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images). Getty Images Tourists visit the memorial sites at Utah Beach (Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images).

The world changing history of D-Day Historian Kenneth C. Davis, author of the popular “Don’t Know Much About History” series, joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” with a look back at WWII and D-Day – the beginning of the end for Hitler’s brutal Nazi conquest of Europe.

Obama, Putin discuss Ukraine conflict for first time President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Friday on the sidelines of a lunch for world leaders attending D-Day commemoration ceremonies, marking their first face-to-face conversation since the crisis in Ukraine erupted. Chip Reid reports.

Veterans gather in Normandy for D-Day anniversary Tributes to the veterans on the 70th anniversary of D-Day took many forms, including a full reenactment. This commemoration was a last chance to say thank you in person to many of the veterans. Mark Phillips reports.

6/6: Return to Normandy: Remembering D-Day 70 years later; WWII veteran runs to raise awareness for "hero" warship World War II Allies met on the beaches of Normandy to remember the longest day and their finest hour; and, as part of our continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman meets Ernie Andrus, 90, who is running to make sure that one of the unsung heroes of the war, the landing ship tank, is never forgotten.

Return to Normandy: Remembering D-Day 70 years later World War II Allies met on the beaches of Normandy to remember the longest day and their finest hour. Maurice DuBois reports.

Eisenhower recalls sacrifices of D-Day, 20 years later From the archives: Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with CBS News’ Walter Cronkite on the 20th Anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 1964.

CBS reports from Normandy on D-Day assault From the archives: A CBS radio broadcast details the Allies' attack on Normandy as it unfolds on June 6, 1944.

Bedford Boys: Remembering a Virginia town's loss on D-Day 35 young men from Bedford, Virginia, were among first soldiers to storm Normandy beaches, and many of them never came home. Jan Crawford reports.

D-Day 70 years later: Honoring courage and sacrifice President Obama and other world leaders are honoring those who sacrificed so much on June 6th, 1944. Mark Phillips reports from Normandy, France.

6/5: GM first learned of defect in 1999, probe finds; D-Day veteran returns to Normandy for final mission GM CEO Mary Barra told employees around the world that the fallout from its ignition switch defect was not a conspiracy, but rather incompetence and neglect. An investigation conducted by an attorney, who had a long relationship with GM, found the company first discovered problems with ignition switches as early as 1999; and, for the remaining survivors of the D-Day invasion, some now in their 90s, this has been a week for one final reunion. And as Mark Phillips explains, for one D-Day veteran it's taken him 70 years to finally confront a ghost from his past.

70th anniversary of D-Day: Living veterans share memories The clock is ticking for veterans of D-Day, the largest sea invasion in the history of the world that led to the defeat of Hitler's Germany. Now in their 90s, survivors are still telling their stories as the last witnesses to the history they made. Mark Phillips reports.

WWII veteran remembers secret D-Day debacle As the Allies commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, there is one story from the invasion many people don't know. Jim Axelrod hears the story of what happened during the rehearsal -- kept secret by the U.S. military -- firsthand from an American veteran.

6/3: Despite White House apology, lawmakers fume over Taliban swap; WWII veteran remembers secret D-Day debacle Republican leaders and some Democrats argue the Obama administration intentionally left them in the dark about the prisoner swap that freed Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl; and, Jim Axelrod hears the story of what happened during the D-Day rehearsal -- kept secret by the U.S. military -- firsthand from an American veteran.

Flashback: 70 years since D-Day invasion at Normandy "Face the Nation" looks back at the allied invasion of France that marked the beginning of the end of World War II.

Honoring the female pilots of WWII Chances are the invading Allied troops of D-Day would’ve faced an even tougher fight on the beaches of Normandy if not for some special pilots spreading their wings in the run-up to the attack. Stephanie Riggs has the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the WASPs, whose sacrifices during World War II were barely known, until now.

France holds ceremony for WWII vets 70 years later Seventy years after the D-Day invasion, France honored 34 additional American veterans. The men were decorated as knights of France’s legion of honor. Each vet was given an insignia for his role in liberating France from Nazi occupation. Vinita Nair reports.