World War II veteran Jake Larson survived D-Day on Omaha Beach. Now, at 100 years old, he's a TikTok star known as “Papa Jake.'
U.S. veteran SSgt. Jake M. Larson talks to a girl who wears an American flag around her neck during a gathering in preparation of the 79th D-Day anniversary in La Fiere, Normandy, France, Sunday, June 4, 2023. The landings on the coast of Normandy 79 year ago by U.S. and British troops took place on June 6, 1944. U.S. veteran SSgt. Jake M.
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name “Papa Jake,” enjoyed giving hugs to the many fans he met during his trip to Normandy for D-Day commemorations.
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TikTok star ‘Papa Jake,’ 100, survived D-Day on Omaha BeachHe took a trip to Normandy for the 2023 D-Day commemorations.
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Papa Jake survived D-Day on Omaha Beach, now he's a TikTok star“I got in on the planning of D-Day ... I’m just a country boy. Now I’m a star on TikTok,' he told The Associated Press with enthusiasm. 'You can see me all over: ‘Papa Jake.’ I’m a legend! I didn’t plan this, it came about.”
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'It was tough': WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to commemorate D-DayDozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the decisive but deadly assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control.
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WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to commemorate D-Day: ‘It was tough’Looking at the vastness of Utah Beach, its sand blowing in strong wind and bright sunshine, made Robert Gibson's memory of D-Day even more vivid.
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WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to commemorate D-DayDozens of World War II veterans, mostly Americans and British, traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, commemorating the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control.
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'It was tough': WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to commemorate D-DayDozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the decisive but deadly assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control. Using wheelchairs, they formed a parade along the streets of the small town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, on Sunday. Cheerful crowds greeted them with applause and cries of “Merci” and “Thank you.” The veterans, most of them American and British, y then headed to Utah Beach. One 99-year-old remembered “it was tough' as more than 150,000 Allied troops landed there on June 6, 1944. On that single day, 4,414 Allied soldiers lost their lives, 2,501 of them Americans.
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