D Day Survivors Still Alive 2024

D Day Survivors Still Alive 2024. Less than 1% of the 16.4 million americans who served in the armed forces during world war ii were still alive at the end of last year, and 131 are dying every day, according to estimates. Department of veterans affairs, less than 1% of them are still alive.

Today, goss is one of an estimated 100 to 150 world war ii veterans returning there for commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the largest amphibious invasion. But even amid the tremendous loss of life, some survived.