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A veteran in a black hat salutes among a standing audience during a ceremony.
260602-F-MM068-9407.JPG Photo By: Air Force Capt. Amber R. Kelly-Herard

France - World War II veteran Jim Stark, 102, salutes during the playing of taps as part of a D-Day Remembrance Ceremony at the C-47 Monument in Picauville, France, June 2, 2026. After flying P-38 combat missions over Europe and surviving capture as a World War II prisoner, Stark served in the New Mexico Air National Guard and worked for nearly 40 years as an aeronautical engineer.


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