And I don’t think the French people will ever forget.During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. “And they remember what they did for them. “In France, people who remember these men, they kept them close to their heart,” Shay said. That’s just fun, happiness, and also being able to pay tribute to all the veterans.
Pascal Leclerc, a member of the Remember Omaha Beach 44 group, shared the same joy. Shay also attended last year’s 76th anniversary at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. To counter that, local residents are attending in greater numbers, some arriving in restored jeeps and dressed in old uniforms and creating a celebratory atmosphere at the commemorations. Most public events in the country were canceled because of COVID, and those being held have just a few dignitaries and guests. D-Day veterans survive.įrance is planning to open its borders to visitors next week, too late for the D-Day anniversary. The National D-Day Memorial estimates about 2,600 U.S. With the number of D-Day survivors dwindling - only one remains from the French commando unit that joined the allied troops from the U.S., Britain, Canada and other countries in storming Normandy’s beaches - Shay’s lone representation is even more poignant. “And I hope it will be over soon.” Shay is also expected to be the sole Normandy representative at Sunday’s anniversary day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer. “We have no visitors coming to France … for two years now,” Shay said. Travel restrictions due to the pandemic are preventing other vets and families of the 4,414 who died in the battle from making the trip, The Associated Press reported. The 96-year-old Native American from Indian Island, Maine, now lives in the country he helped liberate from the Nazis as a 19-year-old Army medic. He is also expected to be the sole representative of the more than 150,000 allied troops who landed on Normandy’s beaches at Sunday’s anniversary day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer.
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