D-Day Celebration
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-06-06 11:16

British veterans of the 7th Parachute Battalion cross Pegasus Bridge over the Caen Canal in Normandy, northern France, June 5, 2004. Members of the battalion dropped near the bridge early on D-Day and assisted Horsa glider troops in defending it against German attacks. World leaders and thousands of veterans are gathering in Normandy this weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. [Reuters]

D-Day veteran smiles near Pegasus Bridge at the Caen Canal in Normandy, northern France, June 5, 2004. World leaders and thousands of veterans are gathering in Normandy this weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. [Reuters] U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush step off Air Force One as they arrive at Orly Airport in Paris, June 5, 2004. Bush is on a three-day trip to Italy and France to seek more international support for his Iraq mission and to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy. [Reuters]

Britain's Prince Charles watches a parachute drop by 450 men from 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment and Canadian paratroops over the Ranville drop zone in Normandy in northern France, June 5, 2004. World leaders and thousands of veterans are gathering in Normandy this weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. [Reuters]

British D-Day veterans watch a parachute drop by 450 men from 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment and Canadian paratroops over the Ranville drop zone in Normandy in northern France, June 5, 2004. World leaders and thousands of veterans are gathering in Normandy this weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. [Reuters] Children play in the sand near British landing craft anchored off the beachfront in Arromaches as they prepare for a reenactment of the allied D-Day landings, June 5, 2004. U.S. President George W. Bush, heads of state and government, and WWII veterans will attend ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 2004. [Reuters]

Robbie Hamm (2L), aged 8, from Exeter, talks to veterans of the Glider Pilots Regiment as they wait for Britain's Prince Charles to arrive at Pegasus Bridge in Normandy, northern France, June 5, 2004. World leaders and thousands of veterans are gathering in Normandy this weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. [Reuters] British veterans from the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry visit Asnelles beach in Normandy June 5, 2004, prior to the celebrations that commence this weekend commemorating the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. World leaders and thousands of veterans are due to gather in Normandy this weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings.[Reuters]

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