As the clouds lifted on these bluffs, Mr. Clinton called on the surviving D-Day veterans present to stand "if they can."

Jock Wilson, 105, British soldier, UK's oldest D-Day veteran.

The AT& T Corporation began running a television commercial last weekend in local markets, featuring six D-Day veterans reminiscing.

Highlights include nine oral history stations that feature emotionally touching videotaped interviews with D-Day veterans and others who were involved in the war effort.

Charles Wheeler, the doyen of foreign correspondents, and himself a D-Day veteran, is joined by three historians to analyse the Allies' resurgence in 1944 from their nadir in 1940/41.

It serves as the national memorial for American D-Day veterans.

Many redoubled their efforts after the much-publicized 40-year reunion of D-Day veterans in 1984.

He also delivered a memorable speech to D-Day veterans at Omaha Beach in 1999, on the 55th anniversary of the Normandy Invasion.

-Clair offers a special homage on June 6 to the American singer Jon Hendricks, a D-Day veteran.