American veterans being honored in France at 80th anniversary of D-Day

FILE - World War II veteran Hilbert Margol sits during an interview with the Associated Press in Atlanta, Georgia, March 14, 2024. Margol will be feted in France among 60 American veterans traveling to Normandy to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings.

Hilbert Margol says he didn't look on himself as a hero when his U.S. Army artillery unit fought its way across Europe during World War II. But he will be feted in France as one of 60 American veterans of that conflict traveling to Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.