100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
- April 24, 2024
LONDON — British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore through his ankle a few days later, wanted to return to France for the 80th anniversary of the invasion so he could honor the men who didn’t come home.
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