Honoring D-day veterans at Normandy

President Obama hugs American veteran Clyde Combs who participated in the D-day landings at Normandy. Leaders of Allied nations and veterans are attending an international ceremony to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the D-day landings on June 6, 1944.  (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

Veterans sing hymns during a service in the British Cemetery in Bayeux, France. Several hundred of the remaining veterans of the Normandy campaign have returned to France, many possibly for the final time, to take part in commemorations to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in 1944.  (Matt Cardy / Getty Images)

A British veteran holds a wooden cross with a poppy to pay respect to comrades killed in 1944 at the beach in Langrune-sur-Mer, code-named Sword, in Normandy, northwestern France.  (Joel Saget / AFP/Getty Images)

At the British cemetery in Bayeux, veteran Fredrick William Norris, who was awarded the Military Medal is helped by his daughters as he waves farewell at the graves of friends from his regiment, the 5th Assault Regiment of the Armored Engineers, who fell after their tank was destroyed on Sword Beach on D-day.  (Matt Cardy / Getty Images)

A boy wearing a World War II uniform speaks with a British veteran on the beach of Arromanches-les-Bains during the 65th anniversary commemorations of D-day on the beaches of Normandy.  (Joel Saget / AFP/Getty Images)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy congratulates American veteran Zane Schlemmer, after awarding him the Legion of Honor medal, along with Canadian veteran Joseph Don Roach, second from right, and French veteran Rene Mendiono right, during a ceremony at the Colleville American cemetery in Normandy.  (Remy de la Mauviniere / Associated Press)

Actor Tom Hanks (L) puts his hand around American veteran William F. Edwards of the 187th ARCT, as they attend a memorial ceremony at the U.S. war cemetery in Colleville-Sur-Mer, Normandy.  (Ian Langsdon / EPA)

President Barack Obama speaks on the grounds of the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville sur Mer . The veterans gathered there, Obama said, “remind us that, in the end, human destiny is not determined by forces beyond our control.”  (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)

President Obama sits with Britain’s Prince Charles at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville sur Mer.  (Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)

First Lady Michelle Obama walks with an unidentified WWII veteran at the memorial ceremony at the U.S. war cemetery in Colleville-Sur-Mer, Normandy.  (Ian Langsdon / EPA)

American and French flags flutter above a grave at the U.S. cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. French President Nicolas Sarkozy compared the fight against Nazism and fascism to the current challenges such as fighting violent extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, containing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and supporting peace in the Middle East.  (Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)