D-Day's 65th Anniversary

School children from London and southeast England place union flags with messages of thanks to those who died during the 1944 invasion of France on the beach at Asnelles, France, Friday June 5, 2009, ahead of the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings tomorrow. A minute's silence was held to remember the "courage, duty and self-sacrifice" of all those who fought in Normandy in World War II.

British paratroopers from the 3rd Parachute Batallion jump over a wheat field outside the village of Ranville, near Caen, western France, on Friday, June 5, 2009. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and other leaders will attend the 65th Anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6 in Normandy.

British paratroopers from the 3rd Parachute Battailon land in a wheat field outside the village of Ranville, near Caen, western France, Friday, June 5, 2009. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and other leaders will attend the 65th Anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6 in Normandy.

French Republican Guards hold Legion of Honor medals during a Legion of Honor award-giving ceremony for American, British and Canadian D-Day veterans at the Invalides building in Paris, Friday, June 5, 2009.

U.S. veteran Bill Ryan, 84, from Melbourne, Fla., speaks with reporters prior to a ceremony held at the German Cemetery in La Cambe, near Bayeux, western France, on Friday, June 5, 2009. The ceremony was held to commemorate the 8,000 German soldiers buried there. Ryan was coming with the Fifth Division from England when his boat was hit by a German shell, and he was brought unconscious on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Tom Hanks, right, shakes hands with U.S. veteran Corp. William Dabney, 82, after Dabney was awarded with the Legion of Honor medal by French Defense Minister Herve Morin, unseen, during a ceremony at the Invalides building in Paris, Friday, June 5, 2009. Dabney, then 17, took part in the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, in Normandy, with the the 320th Anti-Aircraft Barrage Ballon Battalion.

French Defense Minister Herve Morin, left, talks with Canadian veteran Okill Stuart after he was awarded with the Legion of Honor medal by Morin during a ceremony at the Invalides building in Paris on Friday, June 5, 2009. Stuart took part to the Juno Beach landings on June 6, 1944, in Normandy.

U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, left, and French Defense Minister Herve Morin, center, listen to national anthems during a Legion of Honor award-giving ceremony for American, British and Canadian D-Day veterans at the Invalides building in Paris on Friday, June 5, 2009.

A wreath of flowers leans on the graves in the American Cemetery of Colleville, western France, on Thursday, June 4, 2009. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and other leaders will attend the 65th Anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6 in Normandy.

Blake Lorentzson, 11, of Orange Park, Fla., wearing a French resistance beret and armband, looks for the graves of his great uncles in the American Cemetery of Colleville, western France, Thursday, June 4, 2009.

A view of the American Cemetery in Colleville, near Bayeux, western France, on Thursday, June 4, 2009. Fifty Americans, 15 Canadians and 10 British veterans of World War II will receive France's highest award during a Friday ceremony in Paris, then head to Normandy on Saturday to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

A view of the American Cemetery in Colleville, near Bayeux, western France, on Thursday June 4, 2009. Fifty Americans, 15 Canadians and 10 British veterans of World War II will receive France's highest award during a Friday ceremony in Paris, then head to Normandy on Saturday to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Leaders

U.S. President Barack Obama walks with, left to right, Prince Charles, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown as they arrive at the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-mer in France on Saturday, June 6, 2009.

Obama

President Barack Obama waves as he walks with Normandy American Cemetery Superintendent Daniel Neese in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Remembrance

Speaking of the Allies' success, President Barack Obama said, "It came down to the men who landed here, those who now rest in this place for eternity, and those who are with us here today. Perhaps more than any other reason, you, the veterans of that landing, are why we still remember what happened on D-Day. You're why we keep coming back."

Legion of Honor

French President Nicolas Sarkozy pins the Legion of Honor medal to Canadian veteran Joseph Don Roach, one of four veterans of the D-Day invasion to receive the honor.

Flyover

A flyover of French jets marks the 65th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy at the grounds of the Normandy American Cemetery. One peeled off in memory of those who died.