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    D-DAY COMMEMORATION

    D-Day Commemoration

    D-Day Commemoration    

    U.S. military equipment and personnel will represent the United States at this year's D-Day 72nd commemoration events, May 31 - June 6, 2016. Approximately 350 paratroopers and support personal from units in Europe and the United States are scheduled to attend. U.S. military personnel participating in the commemoration will include Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. Participation in this premier event highlights the strength of the U.S. commitment to the security of Europe.

    44 Featured Videos

    D-Day 77 First commemoration Ceremony Honoring the 300 soldiers that died liberating Gourbesville, France

    D-Day 77 First commemoration Ceremony...
    06.03.21 | SGT Joseph Mcdonald | USArmyEURAF
    Honoring the 300 U.S. Army Soldiers of the 90th Infantry and 82nd Airborne Division who died liberating Gourbesville, U.S. Army Europe and Africa...
    D-Day: Together We Remember (AFN)

    D-Day: Together We Remember (AFN)
    06.06.20 | Robert Sekula | USArmyEURAF
    Every year, U.S. European Command Components and historic-lineage military units from the U.S. participate in D-Day commemoration ceremonies in...
    D-Day: Together We Remember

    D-Day: Together We Remember
    06.06.20 | SSG Dani Debehets and Robert Sekula | USArmyEURAF
    Every year, U.S. European Command Components and historic-lineage military units from the U.S. participate in D-Day commemoration ceremonies in...
    82nd Airborne Division Solider offers patch to French boy

    82nd Airborne Division Solider offers...
    06.09.19 | Amy L. Bugala | USArmyEURAF
    82nd Airborne Division paratrooper, LTC Christopher Sikes, offers a young boy his division's patch or a sticker during the 75th Anniversary of...
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    First Ceremony to Commemorate D-Day 77

    First Ceremony to Commemorate D-Day 77
    06.02.21 | SGT Daria Jackson | USArmyEURAF
    Wreathes were put in front of the memorial display during a ceremony at the Crossroads Memorial site in the Normandy region of France in...
    First Ceremony to Commemorate D-Day 77

    First Ceremony to Commemorate D-Day 77
    06.02.21 | SGT Daria Jackson | USArmyEURAF
    France Minister of Interior Maj. Xavier Cornelus, left, German Navy Commander Martin Klemann, and U.S. Army Capt. Edner Julien stands and salutes...
    First Ceremony to Commemorate D-Day 77

    First Ceremony to Commemorate D-Day 77
    06.02.21 | SGT Daria Jackson | USArmyEURAF
    U.S. Army Soldiers Colorguard from 5th Corp stand alongside French Colorguard at a ceremony at the Crossroads Memorial site in the Normandy region...
    First Ceremony to Commemorate D-Day 77

    First Ceremony to Commemorate D-Day 77
    06.02.21 | SGT Daria Jackson | USArmyEURAF
    U.S. Army Europe and Africa Deputy Commanding General Maj. Gen. Joe Jarrard alongside other distinguished guest stand for the playing of the U.S....
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    72nd D-Day liberation of Normandy observed

    72nd D-Day liberation of Normandy observed
    06.06.16 | Crista Mary Mack | USArmyEURAF
    CARENTON, France (June 6, 2016) – Seventy-two years ago today, 156,000 Allied troops, 9,000 aircraft and nearly 5,000 ships launched the largest...
    Little Rock AFB airlift squadrons participate in 72nd D-Day anniversary events

    Little Rock AFB airlift squadrons...
    06.06.16 | SSgt Mercedes Taylor | 19AW
    NORMANDY, France -- In commemoration of the 72nd Anniversary of D-Day, U.S. Airmen from the 48th Airlift Squadron and 62nd Airlift Squadron of the...
    D-Day Ceremony honors the sacrifices of U.S. Troops

    D-Day Ceremony honors the sacrifices of...
    06.04.16 | Courtesy Story | USArmyEURAF
    UTAH BEACH, France – A ceremony commemorating the 72nd anniversary of D-Day was held in remembrance of the sacrifices of WWII veterans at the...
    Angoville-au-Plain remembers humanity amongst war

    Angoville-au-Plain remembers humanity...
    06.04.16 | TSgt Timothy Moore | 86AW
    It was June 1944. World War II raged across many countries in Europe, and France was no exception. Tens of thousands of men and women put their...
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