World War II veteran Henry Ochsner, who was in the first group of soldiers to land on Nazi-occupied France on D-Day has died, two years after receiving the French government’s highest honor for his service.
Ochsner, who belonged to the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division known as the “Screaming Eagles,” died on Sept. 7 of complications from cancer and old age, reported The Associated Press, at his home in California. He was 96 years old.
