COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France – World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name “Papa Jake,” enjoyed giving hugs to the many fans he met during his tri.
EXCLUSIVE: The years might have advanced but nothing was going to stop some of the last Normandy invasion heroes from travelling to France to mark the most significant date of the year.
D-Day veterans are nearing age 100 now, but they remember the Allied onslaught at Normandy as if it were yesterday. Veterans gathered in France, the U.S. and elsewhere to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the Allied onslaught that turned the tide against the Nazis.