Player Embed Code: Download Embed Share Hegseth Commemorates D-Day in France War.gov June 6, 2026 | 01:10:00 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth commemorates the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day invasion by Allied troops during a ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2026. The annual remembrance ceremony honors service members who landed in Normandy, June 6, 1944, to liberate German-occupied Western Europe during World War II and sacrificed their lives in the name of freedom.