Mass parachute leap over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the eightieth anniversary of D-Day

Parachutists jumped from World Struggle II-era planes into now peaceable Normandy to kick off per week of ceremonies marking the eightieth anniversary of D-Day. Troopers from throughout the USA, Britain, Canada and different Allied nations waded ashore via hails of fireplace on 5 seashores on June 6, 1944. French officers, grateful Normandy survivors and different admirers are saying “merci” but in addition goodbye to the fast-dwindling variety of D-Day veterans nonetheless alive. (AP video by Nicolas Garriga/Manufacturing by Jeffrey Schaeffer)