NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt
Numbers. 80 years since they stormed these beaches, 4400 allied troops died that day alone. >> we will remember them. >> reporter: countless memories shared by those lucky enough to survive in the years since, passed down to children and grandchildren, today waving thousands of american flags on french soil. bringing smiles to the veterans who were drawn back here. >> we flew mission number 10 on d-day. >> reporter: their numbers shrinking. average age now 100. today, more than a dozen honored with one more award, france's highest military honor. planes flew overhead in a missing man formation...