Portland Commemorates The 80th Anniversary Of D-Day

PORTLAND, ENGLAND - JUNE 06: An American wartime jeep flying the Stars and Stripes arrives at a Remembrance service at Portland Cenotaph, during commemorations for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on June 06, 2024 in Portland, England. Portland played an important part in the D-Day landings, which took place 80 years ago today on the beaches of northern France. Thousands of American troops from the 5th US Corps and US 1st Infantry left for Normandy from the former dockyard, now the Castletown D-day Centre, an authentic recreation of the wartime dockyard. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)