World leaders , veterans gather to mark 70th anniversary of D - Day Landings . On June 6 , 1944 , soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy to take on the Nazis . Many killed in landings and fighting which followed ; military cemeteries along beaches . ` ` I do n't want them to be forgotten ... it 's too early '' - U.S. Army General Jacques Jones .
World leaders , veterans gather to mark 70th anniversary of D-Day Landings . On June 6 , 1944 , soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy to take on the Nazis . Many killed in battle and fighting which followed ; military cemeteries line coast . `` I do n't want them to be forgotten ... it 's too early '' - U.S. Staff Sergeant Jacques Jones .