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D-Day Remembrance

June 6, 2006

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• Sept. 16, 2006: D-Day veteran Conrad Adams, 81, of Gulfport, Miss., touches a photograph of himself etched in the Purple Heart Memorial in Biloxi, Miss. Adams served in the 4th Infantry Division during World War II, and participated in the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.
• June 6: D Day survivor U.S. veteran Steve Kellman, 84, from Weston, Wisconsin, stands with his granddaughter Rita, 10, next to the grave of Lt. Jimmie W. Monteith Jr, who was leading his company when he was killed on June 6, 1944, at the Colleville sur Mer, American cemetery.
• June 6: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates delivers his speech during a ceremony held at the American cemetery, in Colleville-sur-Mer, western France.
• June 6: Visitors watch graves at the American cemetery, in Colleville-sur-Mer, western France.
• June 6: South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, front left, and his wife Kwon Yang-suk, second left in front, participate in a ceremony of the Memorial Day at the national cemetery in Seoul.
• June 6: French and U.S. flags fly between graves at the American cemetery, in Colleville-sur-Mer, western France.
• June 6: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, 2nd from right, U.S. Ambassador to France Craig R. Stapleton, right, and U.S. D-Day veteran Walter Ehlers, left, take part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the new Normandy American Cemetery Visitor's Center in Colleville-sur-Mer.
• June 6: U.S. Ambassador to France Craig R. Stapleton, left, U.S. Secretary of defense Robert M. Gates, center, and French defense minister Herve Morin, right, stand at attention during a ceremony held at the American cemetery, in Colleville-sur-Mer, western France.
• June 6: This handout image from the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., shows collector Bill Santora holding the WWII dog tag, worn by Pvt. William B. Clark, a Tennessee soldier killed during the D-Day invasion at Normandy Beach 63 years ago.