D-Day veterans honor fallen comrades in France
STORY: Forty-five U.S. veterans are marking the
79th anniversary of D-Day in France
Locator: Colleville-sur-Mer, France
(Jake M. Larson, D-Day Veteran)
"I'm here to honour those that gave their life. // The stars are all these guys that put their life on the line for me to come through. I'm a survivor of D-Day, I'm not the actual hero."
Most of the veterans are now in their late 90s
On June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 allied troops set
off for Normandy to combat Nazi occupation