British World War II veteran Frederick Glover poses for a photograph as soldiers parachute down during a D-Day commemoration paratroopers launch event in Ranville, northern France, on June 5, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Thomas Bregardis/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

British D-Day veteran of the Normandy campaign Fred Glover, 88 of Brighton poses while watching a display by 300 multi-national paratroops in Ranville, France June 5, 2014. Glover, of the 9th Parachute Battalion, took part in a glider-borne D-Day attack on a German artillery battery in Merville. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the Normandy coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history seventy years ago to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT)

British World War II veteran Jock Hutton (C), 89, stands following his landing after he and teams of French, US, Canadian and British paratroopers jumped from aeroplanes during a D-Day commemoration in Ranville, northern France, on June 5, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the Normandy coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history seventy years ago to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. REUTERS/Leon Neal/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

Britain's Prince Charles meets widows while attending a lunch with D-Day veterans at a community centre in Ranville, France June 5, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Bruce Adams/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: ANNIVERSARY ENTERTAINMENT MILITARY ROYALS)

British D-Day veteran of the Normandy campaign Jock Hutton (L) arrives in tandem with a member of the British Army's Red Devils parachute team during a display in Ranville, France June 5, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the Normandy coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history seventy years ago to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Britain's Prince Charles laughs during a lunch with D-Day veterans at a community centre in Ranville, France June 5, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Bruce Adams/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: ANNIVERSARY ENTERTAINMENT MILITARY ROYALS)

A veteran lies on the ground after feeling unwell during a D-Day event in Portsmouth, southern England June 5, 2014. Ceremonies in Portsmouth, the embarkation point of much of the invasion force in June 1944, marked the 70th Anniversary of D-Day on Thursday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: ANNIVERSARY ENTERTAINMENT MILITARY POLITICS)

History enthusiasts wearing WW2 U.S. military uniforms re-enact a D-Day landing on Omaha Beach in Vierville-sur-Mer, on the Normandy coast June 5, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history June 6, 1944 to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

Royal Marines (REAR) and members of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps take part in a display during a D-Day event in Portsmouth June 5, 2014. Ceremonies in Portsmouth, the embarkation point of much of the invasion force in June 1944, marked the 70th Anniversary of D-Day on Thursday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack W. Schlegel (L), 91 years-old from Mount Tremper, New York, who served with the 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne, speaks to history enthusiasts in Sainte-Marie-du- Mont, June 3, 2014. Schlegel parachuted onto the Normandy coast in the early hours of June 6, 1944. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the allied beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Former member of French Captain Philippe Kieffer's green berets commando unit Leon Gautier, 91 years old, attends a commando ceremony in Colleville-Montgomery, June 4, 2014. Gautier landed on the beach of Ouistreham with Kieffer's special forces on June 6, 1944, during World War Two. Gautier, who lives in Ouistreham on the Normandy coast, is one of some 3,000 veterans attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRANCE - Tags: ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY POLITICS)

British World War Two Commando Jim Daw of Winster, Derbyshire, speaks with Arlette Gondree (L), owner of the Pegasus bridge cafe in Benouville, June 4, 2014. Gondree was four years old when the cafe, owned by her parents, was liberated by British glider-borne troops after midnight on June 6, 1944. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the Normandy coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history seventy years ago to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack W. Schlegel, 91 years-old from Mount Tremper, New York, who served with the 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne, attends a ceremony in Houesville June 4, 2014. Schlegel parachuted onto the Normandy coast in the early hours of June 6, 1944. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack W. Schlegel (L), 91 years-old from Mount Tremper, New York, who served with the 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne, waves as he leaves a ceremony aboard a jeep in Houesville June 4, 2014. Schlegel parachuted onto the Normandy coast in the early hours of June 6, 1944. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history June 6, 1944 to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack W. Schlegel (L), 91 years-old from Mount Tremper, New York, who served with the 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne, waves as he leaves a ceremony aboard a jeep in Houesville June 4, 2014. Schlegel parachuted onto the Normandy coast in the early hours of June 6, 1944. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack W. Schlegel, 91 years-old from Mount Tremper, New York, who served with the 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne, wipes away tears during a ceremony in Houesville June 4, 2014. Schlegel parachuted onto the Normandy coast in the early hours of June 6, 1944. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

British World War Two Commando Jim Daw (R) of Winster, Derbyshire, speaks with a group of British paratroopers from 16 Air Assault Brigade outside the Pegasus bridge cafe in Benouville, June 4, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the Normandy coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history seventy years ago to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack Read, 93 years-old, from New York, who served with the U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla One, walks on Utah Beach, on the Normandy coast, June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack Read, 93 years-old, from New York, who served with the U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla One, walks on Utah Beach, on the Normandy coast, June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack Read, 93 years-old, from New York, who served with the U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla One, gestures as he stands on Utah Beach, on the Normandy coast, June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack Read (R), 93 years-old, from New York, who served with the U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla One, arrives in an U.S. WC 57 Command Car on Utah Beach, on the Normandy coast, June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S World War II veteran Jack Read (L), 93 years-old, from New York, who served with the U.S coast Guard Rescue Flotilla One rides in an U.S. WC 57 Command Car in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, on the Normandy coast, June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack Read, 93 years-old, from New York, who served with the U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla One, waves from an U.S. WC 57 Command Car in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, on the Normandy coast, June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack Read, 93 years-old, from New York, who served with the U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla One, arrives in an U.S. WC 57 Command Car on Utah Beach on the Normandy Coast June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack Read, 93 years-old, from New York, who served with the U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla One, waves from an U.S. WC 57 Command Car in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, on the Normandy coast, June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack Read, 93 years-old, from New York, who served with the U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla One, speaks with a pilot at the airport of Cherbourg, on the Normandy coast, June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack Read, 93 years-old, from New York, who served with the U.S Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla One, arrives at the harbour of Cherbourg, on the Normandy coast, June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack Read, 93 years-old, from New York, who served with the U.S Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla One, arrives at the harbour of Cherbourg, on the Normandy coast, June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

British D-Day veteran Paul Butler, 88, from Oxfordshire walks away from a wall mural as his daughter (out of frame) takes a photograph at Arromanches-les-Bains on the Normandy coast June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Toby Melville (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

British World War Two veteran Harry Durant (R) of Leicester, who landed at Gold Beach, speaks with war re-enactors at the Pegasus bridge crossing in Benouville, France June 4, 2014. British forces landing in gliders captured the original bridge, which was rebuilt in 1994, just after midnight on D-Day June 6, 1944. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the Normandy coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history June 6, 1944 to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two.REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT)

British World War Two veteran Tony Leake (C Left) of Brighton, who landed on D-Day with the 8th Battalion The Parachute Regiment, leaves the Pegasus bridge cafe in Benouville, France June 4, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the Normandy coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history June 6, 1944 to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT)

D-Day veterans attend a commemorative badge ceremony at the Regional Council in Caen June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's northern Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRANCE - Tags: ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT POLITICS)

D-Day veterans attend a commemorative badge ceremony at the Regional Council in Caen June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's northern Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRANCE - Tags: ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT POLITICS)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack Hamlin, 93 years-old from Springfield, Missouri, who served with the Rescue Flotilla 1, U.S.C.G, poses beside a staff car in Carentan, on the Normandy coast June 4, 2014. Some 18 heads of state will attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's northern coast where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

British D-Day veteran Gordon Prime, 90, from Birmingham in central England, chats with a local museum owner at Arromanches-les-Bains on the Normandy coast June 4, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history June 6, 1944 to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Toby Melville (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

British D-Day veterans poses for photographs with children at Arromanches-les-Bains on the Normandy coast June 4, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history June 6, 1944 to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Toby Melville (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

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British D-Day veteran Harry Mason, 95, formerly of the Royal Medicals Corps, from Warrington in northern England, sits on the seawall at Arromanches-les-Bains on the Normandy coast June 4, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history June 6, 1944 to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Toby Melville (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

British D-Day veteran Harry Mason, 95, formerly of the Royal Medicals Corps, from Warrington in northern England sits on the seawall at Arromanches-les-Bains on the Normandy coast June 4, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history June 6, 1944 to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Toby Melville (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

British D-Day veteran Harry Mason, 95, (R), formerly of the Royal Medicals Corps, from Warrington in northern England and his cousin Dorothy Godwin, 90, from Birmingham in central England, sit on the seawall at Arromanches-les-Bains on the Normandy coast June 4, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history June 6, 1944 to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Toby Melville (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

British D-Day veterans Bill Reynolds, 90, (L) and Harry Fenn, 89, who landed on Gold and Sword Beaches on D-Day respectively, walk on the beach at Arromanches-les-Bains on the Normandy coast June 4, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed June 6, 1944 in the largest seaborne invasion in history to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Toby Melville (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

British World War II D-Day veteran George Stagg, aged 90, from London, who landed on Gold Beach on D-Day, sits on a beach wall at Arromanches-les-Bains on the Normandy coast June 4, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history on June 6, 1944 to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Toby Melville (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

Don Hamilton, 90, a World War Two veteran from Ottawa who served in the Royal Canadian Navy, views gravestones with his grand daughter Hannah Wilkinson at the Canadian military cemetary in Beny-sur-Mer, June 3, 2014. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy on June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the Second World War D-Day beach landings. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE - Tags: ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT)

Canadian World War Two veteran Daniel Galipeau of Huntington, Quebec poses as workers paint the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada House in Bernieres-sur-Mer, June 3, 2014. Galipeau, a sapper with the 16 Field Engineers, landed in the morning on D-Day on the beach facing the house. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy on June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the Second World War D-Day beach landings. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (FRANCE - Tags: ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT)

Former member of French Captain Philippe Kieffer's green berets commando Leon Gautier, 91 years old, attends a commando ceremony in Colleville-Montgomery, June 4, 2014. Gautier landed on the beach of Ouistreham with Kieffer's special forces on June 6, 1944, during World War Two. Gautier, who lives in Ouistreham on the Normandy coast, is one of some 3,000 veterans attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRANCE - Tags: ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT)

British World War II veteran Ronnie Firth (L), 94 years-old, who served with the Royal engineers "Desert Rats" speaks with British World War II veteran Ernie Covill, 89 years-old, who served with the Royal Army Service Corps at the American War cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, June 3, 2014. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the Second World War allied beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

U.S. World War II veteran Bob Thomas, 88 years-old from Connecticut, who served with the I-company, 3RD BN 347th infantry regiment, 87th Division "Golden Acorn", poses as he visits the American War cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, June 3, 2014. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the Second World War allied beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

U.S. World War II veteran Bob Thomas, 88 years-old from Connecticut, who served with the I-company, 3RD BN 347th infantry regiment, 87th Division "Golden Acorn", visits the American War cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, June 3, 2014. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the Second World War allied beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

U.S. World War II veteran Bob Thomas, 88 years-old from Connecticut, who served with the I-company, 3RD BN 347th infantry regiment, 87th Division "Golden Acorn", visits the American War cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, June 3, 2014. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the Second World War allied beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack W. Schlegel (L), 91 years-old from Mount Tremper, New York, who served with the 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne, poses with British youths from Yorkshire, Cameron Stevens (R) and Joe Newton in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, June 3, 2014. Schlegel parachuted onto the Normandy coast in the early hours of June 6, 1944. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the allied beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack W. Schlegel (L), 91 years-old from Mount Tremper, New York, who served with the 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne, autographs an US helmet for history enthusiasts in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, June 3, 2014. Schlegel parachuted onto the Normandy coast in the early hours of June 6, 1944. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the allied beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack W. Schlegel, 91 years-old from Mount Tremper, New York, who served with the 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne, walks on the country road which bears his name in Picauville ,near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, June 3, 2014. Schlegel parachuted on this country road in the early hours of June 6, 1944. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the allied beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

U.S. World War II veteran Jack W. Schlegel, 91 years-old from Mount Tremper, New York, who served with the 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne, gestures on the country road which bears his name in Picauville near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, June 3, 2014. Schlegel parachuted on this country road in the early hours of June 6, 1944. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the allied beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE MILITARY CONFLICT - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

People take souvenir pictures of a British World War II veteran (C Rear) in the center of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, on the Normandy coast June 2, 2014. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the allied World War Two beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

A British World War II veteran, who declined to give his name, poses in the center of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, on the Normandy coast June 2, 2014. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the allied World War Two beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

A British World War II veteran, who declined to give his name, poses in the center of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, on the Normandy coast June 2, 2014. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the allied World War Two beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

British World War II veteran Edwin Jeffery, a seamen on Royal Navy HMS Vanquisher during D-Day, poses in Arromanches on the Normandy coast June 1, 2014. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the Second World War allied beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)

British World War II veteran Edwin Jeffery, a seaman on the Royal Navy HMS Vanquisher during D-Day, waves to enthousiasts in Arromanches on the Normandy coast June 1, 2014. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the Second World War allied beach landings on D-Day. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY)