U S National Guard, British RAF honored in D-Day ceremony at Omaha Beach
Sgt. 1st Class Justin Assenat, assigned to the 29th Infantry Division and the grandson of a D-Day veteran, participates in a commemoration ceremony honoring U.S. National Guard Soldiers and members of the British Royal Air Force at the National Guard Monument at Omaha Beach June 6, 2026, in Vierville-sur-Mer, in Normandy, France. Assenat’s grandfather, Sgt. William Raymond Hurd, assigned to Company D, 116th Infantry Regiment, was among the first waves of Soldiers to land on Omaha Beach during the D-Day landings June 6, 1944. Assenat is one of more than 600 U.S. service members currently in Normandy supporting D-Day commemoration events across the region. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Terra C. Gatti)
- Date
- 2026-06
- Photographer / author
- U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Terra Gatti
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- photograph
- Original size
- 2,677 × 4,024 pixels
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