Bernard Morgan, 100, a veteran of the British Royal Air Force, visits war graves in Bayeux, France, on June 5, 2024, ahead of the Royal British Legion Service’s plans to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. #

Bystanders in WWII-era military attire look on prior to a joint U.S. and French amphibious-landing-operation showcase, on June 4, 2024, at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer in northwestern France, ahead of D-Day commemorations. #

World War II reenactors pose for a photograph beside a C-47—an aircraft that carried paratroopers over drop zones in Normandy, France—at England’s North Weald Airfield, east of London, on May 31, 2024. #

Paratroopers from the British, Belgian, Canadian, and U.S. militaries take part in a parachute drop over the fields of Sannerville, France, on June 5, 2024, as they reenact the D-Day landings of 80 years ago. #

A French Marine paratrooper guides a parachute canopy past the church of Sainte-Mère-Église, France, on June 5, 2024. A mannequin effigy of U.S. Army 82nd Airborne paratrooper John Steele hangs from the church steeple; his parachute became entangled on the structure as he landed on D-Day in the early hours of June 6, 1944. He was taken prisoner by German troops but later escaped. #

The sun sets behind the “Standing with Giants” installation displayed at the British Normandy Memorial near Ver-sur-Mer, France, on June 2, 2024, before the 80th D-Day anniversary. #

Brigadier General Enoch “Woody” Woodhouse, a U.S. World War II veteran and a Tuskegee Airman, visits the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on June 4, 2024. #

French troops disembark from a U.S. landing craft during a joint U.S. and French amphibious-landing-operation showcase on June 4, 2024, at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, France. #

Members of the public watch as the Red Arrows—the British Royal Air Force’s aerobatic team—perform a flypast above HMS St Albans, a Type 23 frigate, during a U.K. commemorative event in Southsea, England, on June 5, 2024, to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France in 1944. #

French first lady Brigitte Macron, French President Emmanuel Macron, U.S. President Joe Biden, and U.S. first lady Jill Biden walk on stage during ceremonies on June 6, 2024, in Normandy, to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. #

Crowds applaud British veteran Bernard Morgan, age 100, as he salutes them during a parade with a Royal Guard of Honour on June 6, 2024, in Arromanches-les-Bains, France. #

Attendees wait for the start of the U.S. ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Allied landings at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on June 6, 2024. #

U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. first lady Jill Biden greet a World War II veteran during ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, on June 6, 2024, in Normandy, France. #

An image of a Spitfire aircraft is seen on June 5, 2024, during a D-Day-themed drone display above the Portsmouth Naval Memorial at Southsea Common in Portsmouth, England, coinciding with illuminations held during a vigil at Bayeux War Cemetery in Normandy, France. #

U.S. Air Force Captain Ryan Knapp, a "living historian," kneels at the grave of Sergeant Joseph Surace of the 29th Infantry Division, who was killed in combat on D-Day. Knapp was photographed on June 4, 2024, at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Knapp placed letters written by sixth-grade students at the headstones of soldiers who are buried at the cemetery. #