D-Day veteran Bill Gladden shows off one of his paintings, that depicts the type of glider in which he landed in Normandy on D-Day, at his home in Haverhill, England, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Gladden spoke to the AP on the eve of his 100th birthday, he is a veteran of the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, part of the British 6th Airborne Division, he landed by glider on the afternoon of D-Day, 6th June 1944 in Normandy. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)