A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN IS JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM TURNING 100-- BUT BEFORE HE HEADS OVERSEAS TO ... HE'LL BOARD A PLANE TO FRANCE TO MARK THE 81ST ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY. BY THE TIME HE LANDS HE ...

A World War II Navy veteran died while en route to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a trip friends said ... on her phone and he peacefully left us,” Al DeCarlo told WHAM ...

In June 2024, Mr Newton travelled back to France to take part in the D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations. He also visited a French school named after him and some of the places his comrades fell ...