Service member visits graves

A service member reveres the American graves, June 6, at Omaha Beach, Normandy, of those killed in action during World War II. The event was one of several commemorations of the 70th anniversary of D-Day operations conducted by the Allies during World War II, June 6, 1944. Task force Normandy, led by the 173rd Airborne Brigade out of Vicenza, Italy, has organized 650 personnel from 20 us units and six nations, at the invitation of the French government, to participate in the events happening across the Normandy region. For more information on the events and the history of the operations conducted here, go to www.eucom.mil/key-activites/featured-events/d-day/june-6-.

Date

2014

Photographer / author

U.S. Army Europe

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

image

Original size

4,256 × 2,832 pixels

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