D-Day veteran, 101, heads to France for 80th anniversary of Normandy landings [Video]

• Jake Larson, a 101-year-old Army veteran and D-Day survivor, is preparing to travel to France for the 80th anniversary of the historic invasion.
• Originally from Minnesota, Larson joined the National Guard as a teenager before being transferred to the Army V Corps for the D-Day invasion.
• Larson has amassed more than 8.7 million likes on TikTok by sharing his stories with younger generations.

World War Two U.S. Army veteran Jake Larson is 101 years old and a survivor of D-Day, history’s largest amphibious invasion on June 6, 1944, and he is heading to France for the 80th anniversary to honor the brothers-in-arms who did not make it home.

Sitting in his home in Martinez, California, alongside photos and mementos from his years in the National Guard and the U.S. Army, Larson can recall every moment from the day he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and calls himself “the last man.”

He carried …