D-Day veteran Bill Gladden holds his daughters and a friend's hand, as he greets friends and family at a 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 British 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, France. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)