The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley will commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day with a Remembrance Ceremony at 4 p.m. Thursday at Victory Park. The ceremony will pay tribute to the 1st Infantry Division’s 316 Soldiers killed on June 6, 1944 during the invasion that led to Allied victory in World War II. The ceremony will feature the reading of the names of the fallen, remarks by Brig. Gen. Todd Wasmund, 1st Infantry Division Deputy Commanding General for Support, and a 21-gun salute fired by the 1st Infantry Division Artillery.

The ceremony is part of the Department of Defense’s worldwide anniversary commemoration known as DDAY75. A contingent of 1st Infadntry Division troops are in France as an honor guard to U.S. and French ceremonies commemorating the invasion. The 1st Infantry Division commanding general, Maj. Gen. John Kolasheski is leading this team and will represent the division at the official ceremony at the U.S. Omaha Beach Cemetery.

Fort Riley Soldiers will also participate in commemoration activities at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene. Another group of Fort Riley Soldiers will participate in a table-top war game meant to replicate the decisions faced by commanders preparing for the D-Day invasion.