In the early hours of June 6, 82nd Airborne Division soldiers who dropped behind German lines were the first arrivals in the Normandy invasion. By the end of the day, about 176,000 soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada and France stormed ashore. At 3 a.m., 505th Paratroopers were landing on the Normandy Peninsula for the regiment’s third combat jump. It was one of the first airborne units to hit the ground, and it liberated the first town in France, St. Mere-Eglise. The paratroopers j

Charles Shay, the last Native American D-Day veteran who earned a Silver Star and three Bronze Stars, died at age 101 in his home in France. | Al Jazeera English