Royal Air Force veteran Tom Weatherall (R), 90, watches a band of pipes and drums from the veranda at Southwick House, the nerve centre of D-Day operations 80 years ago, during a gathering of World War II veterans near Portsmouth on June 3, 2024. Around 40 veterans gathered at Southwick House, the forward base of SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. It was in this building that the allied high command set the stage for D-day and the invasion of Nazi Occupied Europe. June 6, 2024 will mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landing on the Normandy beaches, one of the main military operations that led to the end of the WWII. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)