Archive photo of the day
At the grave of an American soldier, 1984
Stars and Stripes
May 26, 2024
(Stars and Stripes)
Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 4, 1984: At the U.S. cemetery overlooking the D-Day beaches, 2-year-old Tommy Daniel, son of Capt. Timothy and Carol Daniel, stands at the grave of an American soldier killed during the World War II invasion of Normandy.
Check out what will be happening on the Normandy beaches this year for D-Day’s 80th anniversary on our Europe Community paper’s D-Day page here: https://europe.stripes.com/d-day/