D-Day Veterans Choke Back Tears to Ensure Memories Live On

D-Day veterans, from left, Teddy Kirkpatrick, Achilles Kozakis and Robert Sanchez salute during a ceremony aboard the Battleship Texas on June 6, 2019, in La Porte, Texas. Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP

PORTSMOUTH, England—I make old soldiers cry.

Old sailors, too. And airmen. Even Marines. Makes no difference.