WWII veteran Ray Goulet gives an emotional kiss to the crowd, who gathered to celebrate his 98th birthday, on Jan.14, 2021, in Portsmouth, N.H. Goulet, who was among the first wave of soldiers to storm Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, on D-Day in 1944, died on July 4, 2022, at the age of 99. (Deb Cram/Portsmouth Herald via AP)