Watch: 21-gun salute in Normandy for 80th anniversary of D-Day 

My dad was there. He had just turned 29 on June 5, 1944. The next day he was in it. He was a great man.

My grandfather stormed Juno Beach with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders. Great man with a great sense of humor. Rest in peace.

The Greatest Generation Thank you for your service. 🫡 God Bless America 🇺🇸

The service, blood shed and sacrifice will not be in vain. Keep Democracy Alive!

Those of the Greatest Generation will never be forgotten. Their memory will live forever.

These are the bravest man of America sadly most people and kids don’t give a crap

One of my great grandfathers stormed that beach... I wish I could've met him, and heard all the stories he had. My grandma told me when they asked him how he survived, "I just kept running... I didn't stop, I couldn't go back for my friends. I just kept running..." Rest in peace grandpa...

Thanks to all the heroes! Alive or dead it doesn't matter today June 6... From a Swede who celebrates both the national day of Sweden and of course thinks of D-Day! Will never be forgotten

Jfc this brings tears to my eyes, it's even more unbelievably sad that this may be the very last time many of us will ever see these brave souls ever again, I hope their service, their sacrifices and their courage from 80 years ago and they themselves will forever be remembered to the end of time 🙏❤

Nothing more sad than hearing TAPS

There are no words... God, Bless America Again.

That was a 21 gun salute. Not to be confused with the three volley's fired at a military funeral. A 21 gun salute can be fired for a head of state or any person earning that honor. The three volley's is only rendered to a person who died and had served in the military. The volley's in many ways is higher honor then the 21 gun salute.

I have to give a shout out to all my uncles who went in on D Day and came back home safe and sound. I'm in awe of ALL the extraordinary bravery, boldness and patriotism each D Day soldier showed!! It's HARD to put it into words!! My grandfather received a plaque from the government for all his sons arriving home from WW2, and he was extremely proud!! Just thanking every vet for their sacrifices and heroism!!

My utmost reverence and gratitude for the courage, dedication to duty, and sacrifice of the Greatest Generation

rest in peace to the men that fought fo our freedom may they rest in peace and thank you for your service

glad they are showing a sense of pride and peaceful joy.... who else can learn from it?

Second comment. I'm a US Army veteran and Civil War reenactor. As such, I've stood my share of posts, parades, guard mounts and dog-and-pony-shows. I LOVE the look of the gentleman 2:27 . I've seen it a lot at our local Veterans Day parade. It's a look of sheer determination and will... "My ailments hurt. A lot. But I WILL march the whole route. I WILL keep pace. I WILL stand with my comrades one last time and I'd rather die where I stand than fall out in public." You have to respect that in this day in age.

Salute. God Bless America. 🇺🇸 Rest In Peace to both of my grandfathers who fought in WW2

Rest well America greatest generation

This the world will never forget

I’m French and always remind my grand father’s stories when fighting against Germans on the trench warfare. Before he died he never forgets all Americans and Canadians soldiers for that D day, we love you guys, I will be always grateful.

We need to continue to support democracy!! 🇺🇸

As a Veteran, I want to Thank the Black Veterans who also stormed Normandy, France. Rest in peace to ALL too of those who were there.

Those are the REAL heroes The REAL Avengers 🫡🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

thanks to the heroes for their services and their sacrifice for defense our freedom . A true and great generation of all time

In all their years of service these men stood and did not waiver under the adversity opposed upon them. Steadfast men, for our time is coming.

MANY KIDS WERE THERE........many mothers and fathers won´t forget

Thank you so much for your sacrifice and those of your families.

No other words than thank you to those who were there 80 years ago.. Those who fight and gave up their lives for democracy, peace and the very freedom we enjoy today are not sucker or looser but a true hero to everyone around the world #wewillneverforget #thankyou

My grandpa landed on Utah beach June 6th 1944, less than 3 weeks shy of turning 18.

The real heroes of America. To them it didn’t matter if you were democrats or republicans… you were Americans above all!!! 😢😢😢😢

My great Uncle survived the D-Day landings and was KIA in January '45 while fighting against the 6th Panzer Division. RIP Uncle Carl.

My Great Grandfather was there along with an Uncle. They were heroes in my eyes even though I never got to meet them. My Great Grandfather died in 1984 and his Uncle who was there died in 1978. I still hold all that I have from them with honor. The journal my Great Grandfather kept from D-Day till V-E day tells the story through his eyes. His Uncle kept a journal in the small Bible he took with him, it tells the story of those he met along the way, those he gave prayers for to be given open arms in heaven. I wish they could of been here today to see how much their generation is still loved and remembered. But I know they are still looking down upon us all, watching us as we remember them each year on this day. I won't every forget and neither should the rest of the world, even when the last of the greatest generation passes away we much keep the memory of all they did and sacrificed so that we the world could have the freedom we do today.

We must never forget what these brave men did to protect our freedoms. They paid the ultimate price so we can live freely today.

Let us not forget this ever. Including the contributions from smaller nations to the invasion effort - it wasn't just Britain, France and the U.S. Canada had Juno Beach and landed an army there. Australia and New Zealand whose major contributions were in other theatres of the war still managed to put up five squadrons a piece under R.A.F. command - that alone was almost more than the aircraft that the Luftwaffe put up that day. There were Dutch, Poles, Czechs, Norwegians, Greeks, South Africans and more.

Absolute bravest men.

May these young men be respected for protecting their homeland ❤️

Salute 🫡

My Great Uncle was a paratrooper.

There will never be another generation like them , brave men and women facing the worst things you can imagine and they did it ! Gave the ultimate sacrifice. And for what. Today's generation? The youth of today don't deserve the sacrifice those brave men and women made .

Something about the missing man formation tears me up every time.

Greatest Generation and how sad that soon they will not be here much longer.

I could imagine the look of all those WW2 vets seeing the F-22's or F-16's flying past. Almost unfathomable how they only mostly saw prop planes at those times its crazy

THANK YOU TO OUR MILITARY AND OUR MILTARY VETRANS FOR KEEPING AMERICA SAFE AND FREE. I APPRCIATE ALL YOU DO!!!! I LOVE YOU AND I THANK YOU.

My grandfather was there a few days after the invasion to build bridges across Europe. His words made me anti war, "There was a sea of bodies and water was red with blood. All those souls gone. That's war, there's no need for it." Let's remember this, and keep it from happening again.

Thank you and God bless these true American patriots.

To The Greatest Generation: Thank You So Much For Your Service And Sacrifice!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

“For your tomorrow, we gave our today” thank you for the very air we breathe, we are not worthy of it 🇺🇸

God Bless our Troops and God Bless America. Your sacrifice will never be forgotten

Our braveest of heroes, thank you

Good to see some of the old 105mm howitzers are still around. Very accurate guns. In vietnam most of our ammo was left over shells from WW2!!!

When men were men. Truly no words. God bless them.

THE GREATEST GENERATION!! There will never be another like them, sadly.

All these guys did was save us all.

Respect!

Something a lot of people are missing... The artillery piece the soldiers are firing is the M1 155mm 'Long Tom'. It's the same model of gun that supported these men from the hedgerows to the Elbe. It's a nice little detail that military historians notice. I also like that Biden returned the veterans' salutes. Some Presidents sometimes let that one slip. Don't get me wrong... a POTUS would have to return salutes 200 times a day if he did it every single time he was rendered honors. But for major ceremonies, veterans would notice it.

God bless all of the Allied Forces for their service and sacrifice!💓💗💓 💝NEVER💖FORGET💝

We would be living in a totally different world if we didnt the war. Its hard to say thank you in words ❤❤

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Very moving! Am French and Jewish, was born just after the war (4/1945)

God bless those who have fallen, and God bless those who understand what has happened there. 🇺🇸

In memory of Geoffrey Matthews, British Infantry, Normandy 1944.

The greatest generation.

I salute to those brave men who give their lives on that fateful and tragic day for freedom of our country and the world from the hands of tyranny. May God bless their souls! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Godbless these boys for making the ultimate sacrifice of heroism to save our civilization from an EVIL that should never exist again

Days of great honor

Respect and honor❤

Uncle Burr Bryant was there.

We Germans must be so grateful for the service of all the soldiers who showed so much courage. These soldiers had to endure so much suffering during the attack in Normandy. They were all very brave soldiers 🙏

Salutes to all the vets in WWII

And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer: Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 6/6/44

Great ceremony!

Thank you for saving us !!

God Bless their souls

Jill turns her back and old Joe won’t place his hand to his heart

I'm not sure I would have had the artillary firing in the direction where the Allies were approaching the beaches on that day eighty years ago.

GOD bless the men and woman who fought on D -Day. Thank you for your service.

Was there at the 80th😊

Oh my, the tears...😨🇺🇸🇺🇸

He marked it in his shorts!

Great ceremony. I feel the British and Canadians are missing, they also landed on D-Day.

God bless USA

Cool

All we can do is hope that more care than we think.

We shall never forget all who stormed the beaches and died to liberate Europe on June 6th, 1944.

Someday, in the good Lord's own time, people will make war no more; and He will wipe every tear from every eye. .....Would that we could somehow hasten that day.

Almighty God bless each one who served. Isaiah 6:8 KJV.

0:11 why is the GREAT LEADER facing different direction 💀

A salute from 2024.

D-Day Anniversary, DirtyDozen ; Environment+Edition 💙🌳🌴🌲🌳🌴🌲🌳🌴🌲🌳🌴🌲

I was 8in artillery…those look like pop guns!

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These men stormed those beaches knowing the fate of the world was on the line. THEY HAD to take that beach no matter what and they did. What legends man

wow

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You're about to embark upon the great crusade which we have striven these many months.

What's with the chrome-domes?

au nom de tous les français , nous vous remercions pour ce que vous avez fais pour nous

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So in France today for the D-Day veterans were given a 21 gun salute, which is reserved solely for the President and Heads of States. That's bull crap*, the vets put their lives on the line while Presidents and Heads of States are always safely out of harms way. The vets deserve at least a 22 gun salute, if not more. * In fear of being censored, I think everybody knows the word I wanted to use.