U.S. soldiers and WWII veterans attend a ceremony in honor of the 67th anniversary of D-Day at the Pointe du Hoc in Cricqueville en Bessin, western France, Monday, June 6, 2011. World War II veterans and Sen. John Kerry commemorated the D-Day landings in Normandy at an iconic and eroding cliff. The visit is one of several events along the coast Monday marking 67 years since Allied forces landed on a swath of beaches in Nazi-occupied France. The June, 6, 1944, invasion and ensuing battle for Normandy helped change the course of the war. (AP Photo/Vincent Michel)