(patriotic music)

- Remembering D-Day 75 years later.

A 21 gun salute, fly over,

and joint French andAmerican playing of taps,

to mark the beginning ofvictory over Nazi Germany,

and honor the Allied troopswho carried out the strike.

60 surviving veterans were in attendance,

President Trump thankingthem in his own words.

- You are among thevery greatest Americans

who will ever live.

You are the pride of our nation.

You are the glory of our republic.

And we thank you fromthe bottom of our hearts.

- [Jenna] And FrenchPresident Emmanuel Macron

bestowing five Americanswith France's highest honor.

97-year-old paratrooper Tom Rice landed

on the beaches of Normandy in 1944,

and this week reenacted the jump,

along side a plane load of current members

of his 101st Airborne Unit.

- Great, great, beautifuldrive, beautiful jump,

beautiful flight, everything was perfect.

- [Jenna] "The landing,"he says, "not perfect,"

but Tom proving he isstill tough as nails.

- The D-Day jump, and I landed standing up

for the most part andthen went down to my knees

and bounced a couple timesbecause I had so much equipment.

And I had a difficult timegetting out of that equipment.

- [Jenna] It's that same toughness

thousands displayed on D-Day.

- I don't want anybody to forget this.

It's too important, it's justtoo important to our country.

- [Jenna] As the greatestgeneration passes on,

about 300 World War II vets die every day.

Presidents Macron and Trumpboth vowed never to forget.

- May God bless our great veterans.

May God bless our allies.

May God bless the heroes of D-Day.

And may God bless America.

- And before the ceremony,

President Trump and the First Lady visited

the French cemetery where morethan 9,000 troops are buried.

After this, he heads to Ireland

to conclude his European trip.

Jenna Browder, CBN News.