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POPS D-Day, June 6th ~ Sixty-Five Years Ago Rod Stewart Helps D-Day Veterans Despite years of rumors that he is very...ugh...frugal, and despite the fact that his own son called him "very cheap," rocker Rod Stewart has offered up £7,500 (a little over $11,000 USA dollars) to send veterans to the 65th commemoration of D-Day in France. The Daily Mail: Rod Stewart led a roll call of politicians, celebrities and generous members of the public backing the Daily Mail's campaign to send the D-Day veterans to Normandy. The 64-year-old singer said he was 'outraged' the Government had no plans to send an official delegation and offered £7,500 to send 15 Essex veterans to France in June. He said: 'These men sacrificed everything and we owe them this. My only condition is I'd like to meet them and talk to them as I'd be fascinated to hear about how they landed on their beaches.' Stewart's grandfather was decorated in the First World War, and his father and two brothers also served.
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POPSLIFE MAGAZINE PHOTOS: D-Day and Operation Overlord The Face of the Liberator Photo #4 U.S. Army Lt. Kelso C. Horne of the Airborne Infantry poses in Normandy, France , on Aug. 14, 1944. "Most people only think of D-Day on the big anniversaries, like the 40th or 50th," Horne said at age 81. "It comes to my mind every June 6th and on a lot of other days, too." Horne died in 2000 at the age of 88. Photo: Bob Landry. Aug 14, 1944
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POPSD-Day June 6th 1944 - Sixty eight years ago today Allied land forces that saw combat in Normandy on D-Day itself came from Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Substantial Free French and Polish forces also participated in the battle after the assault phase, and there were also contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, and Norway. Other Allied nations participated in the naval and air forces. - sixty eight years ago today.
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