World War II veteran Richard Rung's photo album shows his Landing Craft Tank (LCT) 539 and him (far L, bottom row) with his crewmates, as he shares his memories of D-Day during an interview with AFP, on March 27, 2024, in Carol Stream, Illinois. German artillery and machineguns firing on his landing craft. Seawater and blood covering the deck. Troops crying on the beach. It has been nearly eight decades since Rung landed in France on D-Day -- June 6, 1944 -- as a 19-year-old US Navy sailor. "D-Day is not always, you know, a long way off," said Rung. "Sometimes, it's yesterday," he said. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)