96-year-old American is lone D-Day veteran at 77-year remembrance ceremonies
U.S. Army Native American Veteran Charles Shay, the guest of honor speaks at the Charles Shay Ceremony on June 4, 2021. (U.S. Army photo taken by Spc. Daria Jackson)
June 06, 2021 Ryan Morgan
Charles Shay, a 96-year-old U.S. Army veteran, was the only veteran to attend a D-Day anniversary remembrance ceremony in Carentan, France on Saturday, 77 years after U.S., British, Canadian and French forces landed on the beaches of Normandy and parachuted inland to invade France.
The New York Post reported Shay is also expected to be the lone veteran to attend Sunday’s June 6 anniversary day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer.
Shay is of Native American descent from Indian Island, Maine. He took part in the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 as a 19-years-old U.S. Army medic. He now lives in the country he helped liberate from Nazi German occupation.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/06/96-year-old-american-is-lone-d-day-veteran-at-77-year-remembrance-ceremonies/
