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FILE - WWII veteran Charles Shay, 97 pays tribute to soldiers during a D-Day commemoration ceremony of the 78th anniversary for those who helped end World War II, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Monday, June 6, 2022. (AP Photo/ Jeremias Gonzalez, File)

D-Day veteran Charles Shay, who saved lives on Omaha Beach, dies at 101 in France

By Sylvie Corbet and Jeffrey Schaeffer - Associated Press

WWII veteran Charles Shay, 97 pays tribute to soldiers during a D-Day commemoration ceremony of the 78th anniversary for those who helped end World War II, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Monday, June 6, 2022. (AP Photo/ Jeremias Gonzalez)

On D-Day, 19-year-old medic Charles Shay was ready to give his life and save as many as he could

By Jeffrey Schaeffer and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Two men in vintage US WWII uniforms walk toward the Les Braves monument at sunrise prior to a D-Day 76th anniversary ceremony in Saint Laurent sur Mer, Normandy, France, Saturday, June 6, 2020. Due to coronavirus measures many ceremonies and memorials have been cancelled in the region with the exception of very small gatherings. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Pandemic makes for a lonely D-Day observance in Normandy

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

In this May 1, 2019 file photo, World War II and D-Day veteran Charles Norman Shay, from Indian Island, Maine, salutes the grave of fellow soldier Edward Morozewicz at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Instead of parades, remembrances, embraces and one last great hurrah for veteran soldiers who are mostly in their nineties to celebrate VE Day, it is instead a lockdown due to the coronavirus, COVID-19. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Veterans left in limbo as virus hits Nazi defeat anniversary

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

In this May 1, 2019, photo, World War II and D-Day veteran Charles Norman Shay, from Indian Island, Maine, poses on a dune at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Shay was a medic who on June 6, 1944, landed on Omaha Beach, where he helped drag wounded soldiers out of the rising tide, saving them from drowning. For his courage, he was awarded the Silver Star. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

D-Day’s 24 hours changed 20th century, and Europe, forever

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2014, AND THEREAFTER - This April 17, 2014 photo shows Ray Lambert, a combat veteran of the D-Day invasion, at his home in Seven Lakes, N.C. Lambert, a combat medic, was with the 1st Infantry Division, which accounted for more than half of the 32,000-strong U.S. force that landed on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

D-Day vets reflect, keeping fading memory alive

By The Associated Press - Associated Press