"The Normandy landings 75 years ago were a moment of historic international cooperation," British Prime Minister Theresa May said. Trump, in the ceremony at Portsmouth Wednesday, read an excerpt from a prayer that President Roosevelt said during a radio address on D-Day. D-DAY VETERAN'S GRANDSON RECALLS 'VIVID' LETTERS OF 'STRIKING IMAGES' FROM OMAHA BEACHOn Thursday the focus shifts to France, where commemorations will be held at simple military cemeteries near the Normandy beaches. The operation helped prepare the way for Allied troops landing on beaches up a few miles up the coast. He jumped into Normandy with thousands of other parachutists in 1944, and recalled it as "the worst jump I ever had."

Source: Fox News June 05, 2019 10:44 UTC