WASHINGTON — With the World War II Memorial as a backdrop, veterans Josephine and Murray Bussard shared a kiss from their wheelchairs as they commemorated the 68th anniversary of D-Day, and celebrated almost as many years of marriage.
To commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day, President Obama spoke in Normandy, France thanking the men who achieved victory there against all odds, and remembering those who died that day.
WASHINGTON — With the World War II Memorial as a backdrop, veterans Josephine and Murray Bussard shared a kiss from their wheelchairs as they commemorated the 68th anniversary of D-Day, and celebrated almost as many years of marriage.
The demonstration, on the 68th anniversary of the historic D-Day landings, was aimed at the federal government's relatively new policy of paying injured soldiers lump-sum compensation for wounds and injuries, rather than life-time pensions.
By Michael Muskal To commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-day — the Allied invasion that paved the way for the end of the World War II in Europe — a statue honoring Maj. Dick Winters and his fellow front-line leaders was unveiled in France.
