• The headstone of Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. is seen during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Oct. 11, 2023, in Arlington, Va. Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. It's the military's second highest honor. The announcement was made Monday, June 3, 2024, by Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
  • A military plane flies over an US cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
  • Christophe Receveur, of France, unfurls an American flag he bought six month ago in Gettysburg, Penn., to mark D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024 on Utah Beach, Normandy. As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it's rising again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago, kicking off intense anniversary commemorations Thursday against the backdrop of renewed war in Europe, in Ukraine. (AP Photo/John Leicester)
  • The Standing with Giants installation at the Normandy British Memorial, Ver-Ser-Mer, France, ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday. Picture date: Wednesday June 5, 2024. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Participants watch as a plane flies past during a ceremony near Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)