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JUNE 13, 2014
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Photo by Senior Airman Connor Estes
Photo by Airman 1st Class Areca T. Wilson
Photo by Senior Airman Connor Estes
The Langley Air Force Base Honor Guard performs a ceremonial ag folding during the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band’s “Turning the Tideâ€? concert at Fort Monroe Continental Park in Norfolk on June 6. The concert commemorated the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy.
James Ashley (left), a WWII veteran, and his wife, listen as the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band performs. DDay was the largest seaborne invasion in history.The event began with the incursion of German-occupied Western Europe, led to the restoration of the French Republic and contributed to the Allied victory of War World II.
The U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band performs during the “Turning the Tide� concert, a tribute to the 70th anniversary of D-Day at Fort Monroe Continental Park in Norfolk on June 6. The concert included narratives about what War World II veterans endured and music from the Big Band era.
United States Army Maj. Gen. Ross E. Ridge, deputy commanding general of Army Initial MilitaryTraining, gives remarks during the 70th Anniversary D-Day Remembrance Ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, June 6.The ceremony also included an amphibious assault demonstration by the Navy (below), where Soldiers stormed the beach. Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story was one of the bases used to help train Service members who went ashore on D-Day.
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