'I remember the good friends that I lost there. So it’s a little emotional.' Ray Wallace, 97, a U.S. veteran who served in the 82nd Airborne Division, is among thousands of people attending ceremonies in Normandy, France, on the 78th anniversary of D-Day.
Sadness as they think of their fallen comrades and of another battle now being waged in Europe: the war in Ukraine.
Shay, who now lives in Normandy, was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.This year, Shay handed over the remembrance task to another Native American, from the Crow tribe, Julia Kelly, a Gulf War veteran, who performed the sage ritual. “Never forget, never forget,” she said. “In this time, in any time, war is not good.”“Of course I have to say that they should protect their freedom that they have now,” he said.
Several thousand people were expected Monday at a ceremony later at the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach in the French town of Colleville-sur-Mer. Amid the dozens of U.S. veterans expected to attend was Ray Wallace, 97, a former paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division. Less than a month later, he was taken prisoner by the Germans. He was ultimately liberated after 10 months and returned to the U.S.“I remember the good friends that I lost there. So it’s a little emotional,” he said, with sadness in his voice. “I guess you can say I’m proud of what I did but I didn’t do that much.”
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