Family and friends photograph's of D-Day veteran Bill Gladden waiting to be put up in preparation for his surprise 100th birthday party 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. Gladden was born on January. 13, 1924. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)