Jake Larson, 101, is one of 50 veterans present in Normandy on Thursday. He hopes that President Biden will shake his hand, as he does with all D-Day alumni.
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He will be among the heads of state and government present in Normandy on Thursday June 6 for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Joe Biden is participating in the D-Day commemorations before a state visit to Paris on Saturday June 9. The opportunity to pay tribute to the 73,000 Americans who participated in the liberation of France and Europe.
Jake Larson, 101, is one of about 50 veterans present in Normandy on Thursday. He was present at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. He returns to the scene this year for the fourth time since 1944. He expresses the wish that Joe Biden shakes his hand, as with all the veterans of D-Day and the battles of Normandy present here today.
He should not do like Donald Trump in 2019, he warns, who for the 75th anniversary only shook hands with a handful of veterans out of the sixty who had made the trip. “I am not a herosays the man who was 21 on the big day, but We all deserve a little respect.”.
There is no doubt that the Democratic president will not behave like his Republican predecessor. He is known for his empathy. He experienced other tragedies such as the death of his wife and daughter in a car accident and that of his son Beautifuldied of cancer who was also a soldier, and deployed in Iraq.
