Obama honors D-Day veterans

President Obama greets WWII veterans at the Normandy American Cemetery on the 70th anniversary of D-Day. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

June 6, 2014 3:34 AM PT

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The president speaks at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, where nearly 9,400 American soldiers are buried on the bluffs overlooking the English Channel.

Michel Colas shows his grandsons the Normandy American Cemetery before the start of Friday’s D-Day ceremony in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

D-Day veterans applaud President Obama as he speaks at the 70th French-American D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. (Saul Loeb / AFP/ Getty Images)

President Barack Obama greets D-Day veterans at the D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. With Obama is French President Francois Hollande, left. (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama joins French President Francois Hollande at the D-Day ceremony. (Damien Meyer / AFP/Getty Images)

An American flag in the sand of Omaha Beach. (Thibault Camus / Associated Press)

President Obama shakes hands with a WWII veteran after speaking at the D-Day anniversary ceremony. With Obama is French President Francois Hollande, right. (Damien Meyer / AFP/Getty Images)