D-Day veteran Bill Gladden reacts as he arrives at a surprise 100th birthday party Haverhill, England, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Gladden spoke to the AP on the eve of his 100th birthday, and is a veteran of the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, part of the British 6th Airborne Division, he landed by glider on the afternoon of D-day, 6th June 1944 in Normandy. Gladden was born January. 13, 1924. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
