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Secretary Hegseth Honors the 81st Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, Jun. 6, 2025
June 6, 2025 · Department of War · 1:17:44
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What happened
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth commemorated the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings by American and Allied troops during a ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on June 6, 2025, published by the Department of War (uploaded June 6, 2025).
Why it matters
The Secretary’s Normandy address is the department’s annual D-Day commemoration on the record — Hegseth’s 2025 ceremony precedes the 82nd-anniversary observance paged separately on this site.
Sources: U.S. Department of War, “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth honors the 81st anniversary of D-Day during a ceremony in Normandy.” uploaded June 6, 2025 (official upload, embedded above). No transcript is published with the upload; this page records the event as the department published it.
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