D-Day Marked In France
(Colleville-sur-Mer, France) -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is marking the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the allied invasion that ultimately helped lead to the downfall of Nazi Germany. Austin joined World War Two veterans and others in France today where he noted how desperate the battle was, as the largest armada in history delivered tens of thousands of soldiers into the jaws of death. He praised the bravery of all those who fought, calling it the courage that liberated a continent and the valor that "swung the hinge of fate from tyranny to freedom."