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FILE -This April 17, 2014 file photo shows Ray Lambert, a combat veteran of the D-Day invasion, at his home in Seven Lakes, N.C. Ray Lambert, the Army medic who survived multiple wounds on D-Day and was saluted by a president on the World War II battle's 75th anniversary, died on Friday, April 9, 2021. He was 100. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Ray Lambert, D-Day survivor, WWII torch bearer, dies at 100

By ALLEN G. BREED - Associated Press

D-Day survivor Ray Lambert looks out over Omaha Beach in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. The North Carolina man was wounded four times on the beach during the Normandy invasion 75 years ago. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

‘Fading away’: D-Day vet makes perhaps last trip to Normandy

By ALLEN G. BREED - 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