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>> What's important to me -- and

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Jess's dad helped remind me of

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that the first year that Jess

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worked for us -- one of the best

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moments of their life was

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when Jess got her first

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paycheck, and they went out to

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dinner, and this young lady paid

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for it.

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>> My name is Bill Belichick.

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I've been very fortunate to be a

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professional football coach for

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many years now.

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It's a career I continue to feel

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very passionate about and one

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that I became interested in at a

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very early age thanks to my

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father.

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The biggest influence in my life

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has been my dad, Steve,

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who played in the National

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Football League and was also a

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football coach for 50 years at

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the United States Naval Academy

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in Annapolis, Maryland.

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That's where I grew up and

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learned much about the game.

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Like millions of other men of

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his generation, my father, who

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passed away in 2005, served his

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country in World War II.

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Dad was in the United States

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Navy.

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He spent time in both Europe and

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the Pacific.

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The men and women of

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the World War II generation,

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such as my father, are

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responsible for all we have

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today, including my own

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opportunity to be a professional

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football coach.

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The following is the story about

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one day in World War II,

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June 6, 1944,

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D-day...

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a time of both heroics and

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horror experienced by teenagers

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and young men.

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Many locations still show the

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marks of battle decades later.

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This film brings us unique views

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of the landscape of Normandy,

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France.

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Intertwined are the stories of

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the men who fought on these

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beaches and among these French

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villages to preserve our

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freedom.

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On June 5 on the southern coast

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of England in towns, villages,

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seaports, and airfields, tens of

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thousands of men are about to

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board planes and ships,

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ready to begin the liberation of

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Western Europe from the Nazis.

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>> We'd had briefings for

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several days, and so we knew

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that this was the invasion

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of Normandy.

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>> General Eisenhower visited

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our unit down in the marshaling

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area.

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barbed-wire fences,

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couldn't talk to anyone.

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>> In our training, we were

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told, you know, the old story --

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"Look to your right.

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survive."

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>> I'm only 18 years old.

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What the hell did I know

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about anything?

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how big an invasion this was.

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>> The paratroopers were among

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the first to leave, heading

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in the late hours of June 5,

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taking a route that would drop

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them over Normandy's

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Cherbourg Peninsula.

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Below them, thousands of ships

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filled with American, British,

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Canadian, and other Allied

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landing troops, were also headed

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for France.

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>> Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen

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of the Allied Expeditionary

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Force, I have full confidence in

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your courage, devotion to duty,

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and skill in battle.

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We will accept nothing

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less than full victory!

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>> I was sitting where I could

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look out the door, and as far as

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I could see, there were ships --

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battleships, cruisers,

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PT boats.

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"I swear, I think they were even

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some canoes in the bunch."

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Everything heading towards

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France.

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Everything England had.

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the sky was full of airplanes.

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>> Yeah, see, looks like you

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could walk over there

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on the ships.

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there was very little noise.

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wasn't scared."

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Don't let them kid you.

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When your life is on the line,

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everybody's scared.

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>> The pathfinders were the

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first to jump on D-day.

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parachuted around villages and

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towns with names like

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Chef-du-Pont,

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Amfreville,

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Sainte-Mère-Eglise.

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and Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.

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Men such as the 88nd Airborne's

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Bill Hannigan headed for fields

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and villages behind Utah Beach

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in support of one of D-day's

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first missions.

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The early arrivals jumped into

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Normandy to help guide in C-47

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planes carrying their fellow

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paratroopers in the early

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morning hours of June 6.

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>> They just told us it would be

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a dangerous mission.

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And a pathfinder goes in a few

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hours ahead of the rest and

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sends up a homing device.

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the ground.

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ground and set it, you can't see

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it, but the pilots could

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in the distance.

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too fast and too low -- and we

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hit the ground quickly, which we

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This is the real McCoy.

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wisest move.

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>> One vital objective on D-day

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for American paratroopers was

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the 11th-century French town of

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Saint-Mère-Eglise, which was

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a key road junction.

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Henry "Duke" Boswell

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of the 82nd Airborne

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was bound for the town,

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as was fellow paratrooper

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Emmett Nolan of

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the 101st Airborne Division.

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It needed to be taken to prevent

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German counterattacks from

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reaching Utah Beach to disrupt

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the eventual troop landings

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there at 6:30 a.m.

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>> Just before we got

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to Sainte-Mère-Eglise, they had

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a big cloud bank thousands of

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feet high, and all the planes

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just disappeared into it.

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>> The pilots that were flying

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us, this was their first

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mission.

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>> Our original drop zone was

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Sainte-Mère-Eglise.

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>> We parachuted into Normandy,

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landing about 2:00 in the

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morning not too far

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from Sainte-Mère-Eglise.

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>> I jumped, and of course, you

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jump with a group of people.

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down, you're all by yourself.

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There's no one right near you.

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>> By the time you got dropped,

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15 men traveled probably

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that Cherbourg Peninsula.

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Machine guns, antiaircraft.

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Sainte-Mère-Eglise.

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>> I can remember, when I

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landed, I landed in a tree.

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the only unit that landed on our

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correct drop zone, the 505.

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some by a little, some by a lot.

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from different divisions,

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regiments, and units gathered

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into small groups and headed out

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for the nearest objective.

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battle right away with the

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>> One of the companies had

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jumped right over

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Sainte-Mère-Eglise.

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town.

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who were right there, before

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they could get out of the

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harness.

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>> Walked into

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Sainte-Mère-Eglise

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and saw John still hanging on

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the tower.

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I thought he was dead.

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>> At 4:30 in the morning, the

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battalion commander raised a

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flag over Sainte-Mère-Eglise,

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over the city hall, so that was

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quite an accomplishment.

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Then we had to hold it.

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crossroads and the bridges

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and keep more Germans from

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getting down to the beach

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to drive our people off.

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Sainte-Mère-Eglise by

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the Germans.

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the '05, was able to repulse

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the attacks.

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>> All around Sainte-Mère-Eglise

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and the small hamlets and towns

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of Normandy were what the

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French called the bocage,

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also referred to as the

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hedgerows.

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The majority of villages in the

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region were surrounded by

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farmland.

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And these ancient hedgerows,

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dense vegetation, and trees

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growing up from mounds of soil

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sometimes rose to 30 feet

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in height.

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Dating back to the 16th century,

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the hedgerows were natural

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borders that kept the cows in

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the fields and defined property

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lines of the farms.

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>> They were so thick, you

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couldn't see anything.

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>> The bocage in Normandy was so

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dense that an American

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paratrooper could be standing

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just a few feet away from a

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German soldier on the other side

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and have no idea each other was

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there.

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It was an unnerving way to

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fight.

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>> You had to fight your way

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through a century or two of

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growth on them.

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>> 82nd Airborne paratrooper

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Bob Chisolm was bewildered by

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the bocage.

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>> The hedgerows was quite

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difficult, and our intelligence

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hadn't really briefed us on it,

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so I don't think they even knew

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about it.

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>> Morley Piper of the

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29th Infantry Division

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found the hedgerows to be

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an unexpected adversary.

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>> We didn't understand

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the bocage.

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Knew it was there,

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but we didn't know...

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the density of the...

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how hard it would be

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to penetrate it.

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The Germans did.

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They understood it.

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They'd been there four years.

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So...great for the defense, but

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very hard to attack.

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[ Dramatic music plays ]

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>> Among the hedgerows and just

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about 5 miles from

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Sainte-Mère-Eglise was another

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key landing zone for the

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American paratroopers --

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the ancient village of

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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont,

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which provided key exits off

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Utah Beach for the landings.

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[ Dramatic music plays ]

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Dominated by a church that dates

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back to the 11th century,

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the village was a key objective

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of the 101st Airborne on D-day.

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Like nearby Sainte-Mère-Eglise,

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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont had been

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occupied by the Germans

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since 1940.

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It needed to be taken to prevent

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German counterattacks when the

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beach landings began.

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Unknown to Allied planners on

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D-day was the location of four

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German 105-millimeter cannons

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just outside of

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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont at a place

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called Brécourt Manor.

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Brécourt Manor dates back

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centuries and to this day is

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still owned by

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the de Vallavieille family.

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It remains a working farm.

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On D-day, the four German guns

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were located along this hedgerow

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facing toward Utah Beach.

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As the landings got under way,

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the German guns began blasting

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away.

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They needed to be silenced.

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The difficult mission was given

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to 1st Lieutenant

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Richard Winters of

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101st Airborne Division.

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[ Dramatic music plays ]

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Winters led 11 other soldiers in

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the initial attack to knock out

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the guns defended by roughly 100

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Germans in and around this

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field.

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A trench that once ran along the

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hedgerow was the only route to

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attack the guns.

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It was early on D-day mornin

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"Take out those guns" is the way

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it was put to me.

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The first thing I did was go off

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by myself, crawl out this one

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hedgerow to scout it out.

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After I scouted it out, I could

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see where a machine gun was, and

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I thought there was a gun

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in that hedgerow there.

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I knew enough about where the

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trench was and where

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these guns were.

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Came back and gave my orders

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with, "Compton, you go up this

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hedgerow, and I'll go up this

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hedgerow.

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We'll split up

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what we have here

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so that if we do get pinned

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down, we both won't be pinned

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down at the same time."

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And we got everybody together

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and set up the two machine guns

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we had to lay down a base

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affair and had Compton pop by

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when -- and Malarkey go out

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there and try to put some

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hand grenades on them so that...

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with the instructions,

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"As soon as you throw those

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hand grenades,

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we'll all charge,"

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which we did, and we were

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fortunate enough to get in there

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as those hand grenades

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are going off.

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And we got on top of them, and

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we got in the trench.

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[ Dramatic music plays ]

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♪

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>> Just a short distance from

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Brécourt Manor where the four

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German guns were silenced

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is a monument recognizing

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Richard Winters' bravery and

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leadership on D-day.

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The Richard D. Winters

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Leadership Monument was

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dedicated in 2012.

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The monument not only honors

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Dick Winters' own D-day

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efforts, which resulted in the

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Distinguished Service Cross,

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but those of all American junior

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officers who displayed so much

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courage on June 6, 1944.

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Damian Lewis played Dick Winters

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in HBO's "Band of Brothers."

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[ Suspenseful music plays ]

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>> Around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday,

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June 6, 1944, the Allied beach

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landings got under way.

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Utah Beach, on the very

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western end of all the invasion

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beaches, was the objective of

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the American 4th Infantry

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Division.

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Both Philip Miret

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and Jim Gaff were in on the

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first wave as the Navy began

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approaching the beaches and

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began to receive fire from

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German gun emplacements

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and pillboxes.

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Everything seemed calm until

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all of a sudden you were taking

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troops to go to the beach.

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>> Hard to look back out there

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and think that we brought our

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boats in as close as that.

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>> Here is a special bulletin.

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The long-awaited British and

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American invasion began...

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>> They were everywhere.

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[ Chuckles ]

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I mean, all kinds -- LCIs,

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LCTs, LSTs, destroyers.

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And they were...

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It was just covered with ships.

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>> We interrupt our program to

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bring you a special broadcast.

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>> Eisenhower's headquarters

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announces Allies land in France.

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>> This is D-day.

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>> Allied troops began landing

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on the northern coast of France

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this morning, strongly supported

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by naval and air forces.

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>> My LST was just loaded with

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wounded soldiers,

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and the tank deck was full of

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cots.

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>> A landing was made this

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morning on the coast of France.

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>> When you think about it, an

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entrenched enemy and pillboxes

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looking down on the beach with

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machine guns and cannon --

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and those soldiers crossed that

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beach.

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It took an awful lot of guts.

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>> The British-American landing

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operations against the western

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coast of Europe from the sea and

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from the air are stretching over

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the entire area between

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Cherbourg and Le Havre.

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[ Dramatic music plays ]

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>> Today, a museum dedicated to

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the Utah Beach landings stands

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just off one of the key exits

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soldiers took on June 6, 1944,

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to move inland from the beach.

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The Utah Beach Museum, built

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from an old German bunker that

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faced out towards

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the English Channel, was the

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vision of

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Michel de Vallavieille, wounded

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on D-day as a teenager during

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the fight around his

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family-owned Récourt Manor.

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♪

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At about the same time the

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landings were going on

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at Utah Beach, 30 miles to the

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east, two American divisions

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were also coming ashore

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on Omaha Beach to secure that

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part of the Normandy coast.

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Walter Szura was with

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the 1st Infantry Division.

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Mort Caplin was a Navy

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beachmaster tasked with

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traffic control.

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The eastern end of Omaha was

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the responsibility of

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the 1st Infantry Division.

548
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>> Yeah, it scared you.

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You tighten up,

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but you don't think...

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I didn't think about it.

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I says, "What happens happens."

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>> Several hundred yards of open

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beach and murderous German fire

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00:24:00,866 --> 00:24:10,900
awaited their arrival.

556
00:24:03,500 --> 00:24:12,433
>> A lot of firing.

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Ships, planes -- strafing.

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00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:14,233
Well, how are you going to

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00:24:12,433 --> 00:24:16,733
explain it?

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And machine guns

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coming from the beach.

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>> Climbing across little

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fences, things of that sort.

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There was something in the

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water, bodies, which had been

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cut in pieces.

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>> I saw a lot of bombardment

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on this shore.

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And after the second day,

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we served as a hospital ship

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and carried casualties off of

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this beach into London, England.

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>> Then there was a cement wall.

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When you hit the beach, is the

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00:24:58,100 --> 00:25:02,666
cement wall still there,

576
00:24:59,700 --> 00:25:04,500
part of a cement wall?

577
00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:06,200
Lot of us guys hid there.

578
00:25:02,666 --> 00:25:08,166
We were lined up in there.

579
00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:10,466
And that's where I headed for.

580
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:12,933
>> Today, a monument to

581
00:25:08,166 --> 00:25:17,400
the 1st Infantry Division's

582
00:25:10,466 --> 00:25:19,333
heroism stands guard over the

583
00:25:12,933 --> 00:25:21,233
eastern end of Omaha Beach.

584
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:23,166
Nearby, the remnants of several

585
00:25:19,333 --> 00:25:25,866
German bunkers and machine gun

586
00:25:21,233 --> 00:25:25,866
nests stare coldly back at this

587
00:25:23,166 --> 00:25:25,866
part of the beach.

588
00:25:31,233 --> 00:25:34,033
♪

589
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,166
On the western end of

590
00:25:39,333 --> 00:25:43,100
Omaha Beach, the fighting was

591
00:25:41,166 --> 00:25:44,000
just as fierce as it was on the

592
00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:46,300
eastern end.

593
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,233
Hal Baumgarten

594
00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:53,333
of the 29th Infantry Division

595
00:25:48,233 --> 00:25:53,333
came ashore in the second wave.

596
00:25:53,566 --> 00:25:58,800
The inexperienced 29th fought

597
00:25:55,566 --> 00:26:01,100
their way in just below the

598
00:25:57,500 --> 00:26:01,100
French village of

599
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,100
Vierville-sur-Mer.

600
00:26:04,533 --> 00:26:10,433
Crossing 300 yards of open beach

601
00:26:06,766 --> 00:26:12,533
was the challenge facing

602
00:26:08,566 --> 00:26:15,300
Baumgarten and his fellow

603
00:26:10,433 --> 00:26:15,300
soldiers on their preassigned

604
00:26:12,533 --> 00:26:15,300
landing zone on Omaha.

605
00:26:21,233 --> 00:26:23,133
>> I got shot in the rifle.

606
00:26:23,366 --> 00:26:26,500
It vibrated.

607
00:26:25,133 --> 00:26:29,166
I turned it around.

608
00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:31,633
My seven bullets in the magazine

609
00:26:29,166 --> 00:26:31,633
section saved my life.

610
00:26:31,866 --> 00:26:38,866
And so I didn't get wounded

611
00:26:33,566 --> 00:26:41,600
until... after I hit the ground,

612
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:43,000
I looked up at the pillbox

613
00:26:38,866 --> 00:26:44,200
number 73 on the right flank,

614
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:46,133
and an 88 went off

615
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:48,700
in front of me.

616
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:50,733
Ripped this cheek off.

617
00:26:46,133 --> 00:26:53,333
Ripped the upper jaw off.

618
00:26:48,700 --> 00:26:56,200
Hole in the roof of the mouth.

619
00:26:50,733 --> 00:26:56,200
Teeth and gums on my tongue.

620
00:26:53,333 --> 00:26:56,200
[ Somber music playing ]

621
00:27:09,033 --> 00:27:13,233
>> The men had not seen combat

622
00:27:11,033 --> 00:27:15,500
yet, and consequently, you know,

623
00:27:13,233 --> 00:27:18,900
they had that innocent...

624
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:21,133
innocent high morale,

625
00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:22,633
and exceptional training, and if

626
00:27:21,133 --> 00:27:24,033
anybody could do it,

627
00:27:22,633 --> 00:27:24,033
they knew they could.

628
00:27:24,266 --> 00:27:31,000
And it was interesting because

629
00:27:25,833 --> 00:27:32,633
they combined that rawness with

630
00:27:29,500 --> 00:27:34,166
their planning partner to the

631
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,633
east, the 1st Infantry Division,

632
00:27:32,633 --> 00:27:36,200
which was exactly the opposite,

633
00:27:34,166 --> 00:27:37,733
and...

634
00:27:34,633 --> 00:27:40,266
You know, they had already been

635
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:42,133
in two amphibious assaults and

636
00:27:37,733 --> 00:27:43,833
were highly, highly experienced.

637
00:27:40,266 --> 00:27:45,166
And so it was a good combination

638
00:27:42,133 --> 00:27:46,666
of the two units because they

639
00:27:43,833 --> 00:27:49,733
brought two different

640
00:27:45,166 --> 00:27:49,733
perspectives to the whole

641
00:27:46,666 --> 00:27:49,733
operation.

642
00:27:56,233 --> 00:28:00,866
>> All these guys that you knew

643
00:27:57,733 --> 00:28:01,600
as your friends -- you trained

644
00:27:59,266 --> 00:28:03,800
with them -- and there they're

645
00:28:00,866 --> 00:28:05,366
laying dead.

646
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:08,133
When I look at Dog Green sector,

647
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:11,166
I see all the bodies.

648
00:28:05,366 --> 00:28:13,700
It's...

649
00:28:08,133 --> 00:28:16,600
So, it's kind of sad each time.

650
00:28:11,166 --> 00:28:19,000
For example, on Dog Green

651
00:28:13,700 --> 00:28:22,433
sector, you know, we lost 85%

652
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:22,433
casualties in the first 15

653
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,433
minutes.

654
00:28:28,466 --> 00:28:34,266
>> As is the case on the eastern

655
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:36,000
end of Omaha, time stands still

656
00:28:32,333 --> 00:28:38,033
on this part of the beach, with

657
00:28:34,266 --> 00:28:40,833
German gun emplacements and

658
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,833
bunkers still intertwined

659
00:28:38,033 --> 00:28:40,833
with the landscape.

660
00:29:05,233 --> 00:29:09,566
♪

661
00:29:07,166 --> 00:29:11,766
While the Americans fought their

662
00:29:09,566 --> 00:29:13,933
way ashore on Omaha and Utah,

663
00:29:11,766 --> 00:29:16,166
over on Gold Beach, the British

664
00:29:13,933 --> 00:29:16,933
began to land close to 7:30 that

665
00:29:16,166 --> 00:29:19,233
morning.

666
00:29:16,933 --> 00:29:21,233
Frank Amalfatano was an American

667
00:29:19,233 --> 00:29:23,533
assigned to a landing craft

668
00:29:21,233 --> 00:29:26,366
responsible for bringing British

669
00:29:23,533 --> 00:29:26,366
troops into Gold Beach.

670
00:29:34,300 --> 00:29:38,866
>> Well, I can remember, in

671
00:29:36,466 --> 00:29:41,300
front of us was a big hill.

672
00:29:38,866 --> 00:29:46,000
Then there was a lot of

673
00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:46,000
resistance up in front of us.

674
00:29:46,233 --> 00:29:52,433
And then we got into trouble

675
00:29:48,333 --> 00:29:55,533
that the soldiers didn't want to

676
00:29:50,733 --> 00:29:59,966
get out of the boats.

677
00:29:52,433 --> 00:30:02,966
We used some rough language, but

678
00:29:55,533 --> 00:30:04,400
then we finally got them off.

679
00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:06,733
♪

680
00:30:02,966 --> 00:30:09,233
>> Within range of Gold Beach

681
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:11,833
and Frank Amalfatano's British

682
00:30:06,733 --> 00:30:11,833
troops were the large German gun

683
00:30:09,233 --> 00:30:11,833
emplacements at Longues-sur-Mer.

684
00:30:16,266 --> 00:30:24,166
>> And there was a lot of

685
00:30:18,766 --> 00:30:26,500
booming, banging going on.

686
00:30:21,433 --> 00:30:29,166
And I...

687
00:30:24,166 --> 00:30:32,300
think to myself that we were

688
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:36,066
18 years old, and we didn't know

689
00:30:29,166 --> 00:30:38,066
what the heck we were doing

690
00:30:32,300 --> 00:30:40,100
and what was going on.

691
00:30:36,066 --> 00:30:41,933
>> By 6:20 that morning, three

692
00:30:38,066 --> 00:30:43,966
of the four long-range guns had

693
00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:46,233
been knocked out by British

694
00:30:41,933 --> 00:30:48,800
naval fire.

695
00:30:43,966 --> 00:30:48,800
The fourth would not be silenced

696
00:30:46,233 --> 00:30:48,800
and captured until June 7.

697
00:31:00,433 --> 00:31:06,366
♪

698
00:31:04,133 --> 00:31:08,166
Roughly halfway between Omaha

699
00:31:06,366 --> 00:31:10,666
and Utah Beach in the American

700
00:31:08,166 --> 00:31:13,666
sector lies the 100-foot-high

701
00:31:10,666 --> 00:31:15,400
cliffs of Pointe du Hoc.

702
00:31:13,666 --> 00:31:18,100
George Klein was with

703
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,100
the 2nd Ranger Battalion.

704
00:31:18,333 --> 00:31:26,433
>> And in the end of March of

705
00:31:21,766 --> 00:31:28,566
'43, they asked for volunteers

706
00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:33,100
to join the 2nd Ranger

707
00:31:26,433 --> 00:31:35,433
Battalion,

708
00:31:28,566 --> 00:31:37,200
for which I volunteered.

709
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:38,866
And seeing as I was a graduate

710
00:31:35,433 --> 00:31:39,966
[ Chuckles ] of the 2nd Army

711
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:43,233
Ranger School, I became

712
00:31:38,866 --> 00:31:46,400
company commander

713
00:31:39,966 --> 00:31:47,966
[ Chuckles ] of Fox Company of

714
00:31:43,233 --> 00:31:50,366
the 2nd Ranger Battalion.

715
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:51,900
>> Klein was prepared for his

716
00:31:47,966 --> 00:31:53,833
mission.

717
00:31:50,366 --> 00:31:55,300
>> Immediately before and after

718
00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:57,066
D-day, the Allied air effort was

719
00:31:53,833 --> 00:31:58,166
concentrated against military

720
00:31:55,300 --> 00:31:58,700
and communications targets in

721
00:31:57,066 --> 00:32:00,133
northern France and the

722
00:31:58,166 --> 00:32:01,100
lowlands.

723
00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:04,666
Direct hits are scored

724
00:32:00,133 --> 00:32:07,300
on the target.

725
00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:08,866
>> On D-day, George Klein and

726
00:32:04,666 --> 00:32:10,100
224 of his fellow Rangers were

727
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:12,533
facing what was considered to be

728
00:32:08,866 --> 00:32:14,833
a suicide mission --

729
00:32:10,100 --> 00:32:19,066
climbing the cliffs under German

730
00:32:12,533 --> 00:32:20,900
fire to eliminate six big guns

731
00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:22,233
believed to be on the Pointe.

732
00:32:19,066 --> 00:32:23,733
The mission was called the most

733
00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:25,700
important on D-day by

734
00:32:22,233 --> 00:32:27,866
Supreme Allied Commander

735
00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:29,733
Dwight D. Eisenhower, as the

736
00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:34,033
enemy cannons had Utah and Omaha

737
00:32:27,866 --> 00:32:34,033
Beach and the ships in the

738
00:32:29,733 --> 00:32:34,033
English Channel within range.

739
00:32:34,266 --> 00:32:38,266
Thanks to the air force prior to

740
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:40,333
D-day and then shelling by

741
00:32:38,266 --> 00:32:42,366
Allied ships in the Channel on

742
00:32:40,333 --> 00:32:45,933
June 6, the Pointe is forever

743
00:32:42,366 --> 00:32:45,933
scarred with massive craters.

744
00:32:49,066 --> 00:32:55,166
>> What I really wanted to see

745
00:32:52,266 --> 00:32:59,266
was whether or not time has

746
00:32:55,166 --> 00:33:02,266
worked its...its wonders

747
00:32:59,266 --> 00:33:02,266
on the landscape.

748
00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:08,066
And it has.

749
00:33:03,533 --> 00:33:10,066
I mean, it looks a lot

750
00:33:05,366 --> 00:33:12,066
different.

751
00:33:08,066 --> 00:33:14,000
>> Decades later, 2nd Ranger

752
00:33:10,066 --> 00:33:16,766
George Klein has returned to

753
00:33:12,066 --> 00:33:19,300
bomb- and artillery-pocked

754
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:21,566
Pointe du Hoc.

755
00:33:16,766 --> 00:33:23,700
♪

756
00:33:19,300 --> 00:33:26,366
Returning to Pointe du Hoc opens

757
00:33:21,566 --> 00:33:26,366
up a reservoir of memories and

758
00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:26,366
vivid recollections about D-day.

759
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:38,133
>> We knew that this was not

760
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:40,033
going to be anything like

761
00:33:34,466 --> 00:33:41,866
training.

762
00:33:38,133 --> 00:33:43,033
He's the one who saved us.

763
00:33:40,033 --> 00:33:45,166
>> On this day on top of

764
00:33:41,866 --> 00:33:47,266
Pointe du Hoc,

765
00:33:43,033 --> 00:33:49,200
Ranger George Klein finds

766
00:33:45,166 --> 00:33:50,166
John Siewert.

767
00:33:47,266 --> 00:33:52,966
>> Here comes my lifesaver.

768
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:53,900
>> George?

769
00:33:50,166 --> 00:33:56,700
>> Yeah.

770
00:33:52,966 --> 00:33:58,666
>> Pleasure.

771
00:33:53,900 --> 00:33:59,666
>> My pleasure.

772
00:33:56,700 --> 00:34:00,700
Ah.

773
00:33:58,666 --> 00:34:00,700
You remember what we...

774
00:33:59,666 --> 00:34:00,700
You remember what you did?

775
00:34:00,933 --> 00:34:02,300
>> Oh, yes.

776
00:34:01,700 --> 00:34:02,966
>> Huh?

777
00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:04,033
>> Yes.

778
00:34:02,966 --> 00:34:05,733
>> You do, huh?

779
00:34:04,033 --> 00:34:07,433
You knocked the hell out of that

780
00:34:05,733 --> 00:34:07,433
machine-gun nest.

781
00:34:07,666 --> 00:34:14,266
Took care of an antiaircraft

782
00:34:09,766 --> 00:34:15,266
battery gun.

783
00:34:12,633 --> 00:34:17,500
>> We used everything we had

784
00:34:14,266 --> 00:34:20,166
that first day.

785
00:34:15,266 --> 00:34:22,400
>> Siewert was a helmsman on the

786
00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:24,533
USS  Satterlee  on D-Day.

787
00:34:20,166 --> 00:34:25,700
The  Satterlee  saw the struggles

788
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:27,333
of the 2nd Rangers in getting up

789
00:34:24,533 --> 00:34:29,566
the cliffs.

790
00:34:25,700 --> 00:34:31,300
The destroyer pulled to within

791
00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:35,233
400 yards of the Pointe and

792
00:34:29,566 --> 00:34:37,966
pounded German positions.

793
00:34:31,300 --> 00:34:39,133
>> I was telling somebody if...

794
00:34:35,233 --> 00:34:41,233
any commander had the guts

795
00:34:37,966 --> 00:34:42,800
to bring his ship within

796
00:34:39,133 --> 00:34:44,933
400 yards of the shore today,

797
00:34:41,233 --> 00:34:47,833
he'd be court-martialed.

798
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:49,200
[ Chuckles ]

799
00:34:44,933 --> 00:34:50,666
But...it was wonderful seeing

800
00:34:47,833 --> 00:34:53,700
them there.

801
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:53,700
>> Yeah.

802
00:34:50,666 --> 00:34:53,700
♪

803
00:34:55,266 --> 00:35:00,666
>> We were getting grenades

804
00:34:57,233 --> 00:35:02,933
thrown at us.

805
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:04,766
We were shooting up at whatever

806
00:35:00,666 --> 00:35:06,966
we could see up here, whether we

807
00:35:02,933 --> 00:35:09,533
could see anybody or not,

808
00:35:04,766 --> 00:35:11,300
until the fellas started going

809
00:35:06,966 --> 00:35:14,066
up the cliff.

810
00:35:09,533 --> 00:35:14,066
The climb, even with a ladder,

811
00:35:11,300 --> 00:35:14,066
was pretty tough.

812
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:30,466
As we got up here, there were no

813
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:33,433
Germans in sight except the few

814
00:35:28,133 --> 00:35:35,866
who were lying on the ground,

815
00:35:30,466 --> 00:35:38,333
and some of the Rangers were

816
00:35:33,433 --> 00:35:38,333
already on the ground --

817
00:35:35,866 --> 00:35:38,333
wounded or dead.

818
00:35:44,166 --> 00:35:50,666
We were running as...not as

819
00:35:47,266 --> 00:35:53,300
Fox Company.

820
00:35:48,966 --> 00:35:56,466
We were running as individuals.

821
00:35:50,666 --> 00:35:58,300
And I think that every...

822
00:35:53,300 --> 00:35:59,533
I know that every single Ranger

823
00:35:56,466 --> 00:36:01,433
knew exactly what we were

824
00:35:58,300 --> 00:36:02,900
supposed to do.

825
00:35:59,533 --> 00:36:04,066
We knew what our mission was,

826
00:36:01,433 --> 00:36:07,900
and it didn't make any

827
00:36:02,900 --> 00:36:09,966
difference whether it was being

828
00:36:04,066 --> 00:36:12,166
led by a company commander,

829
00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:17,633
a platoon leader, a platoon

830
00:36:09,966 --> 00:36:19,666
sergeant, or a PFC.

831
00:36:12,166 --> 00:36:21,600
The mission was...

832
00:36:17,633 --> 00:36:21,600
mission was the same.

833
00:36:19,666 --> 00:36:21,600
♪

834
00:36:31,966 --> 00:36:38,200
>> We could see

835
00:36:33,700 --> 00:36:39,633
the observation bunker, and

836
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:42,033
that was the only way we were

837
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:44,166
able to locate the various gun

838
00:36:39,633 --> 00:36:46,533
positions because our gun

839
00:36:42,033 --> 00:36:48,300
position was the farthest south.

840
00:36:44,166 --> 00:36:50,266
We had guns number one and guns

841
00:36:46,533 --> 00:36:53,200
number two were our mission,

842
00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:56,100
along with the machine-gun nest

843
00:36:50,266 --> 00:36:56,100
that was behind them.

844
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,100
♪

845
00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:03,866
>> For the first time since

846
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:04,966
D-day, 2nd Ranger George Klein

847
00:37:02,033 --> 00:37:06,766
finds himself approaching

848
00:37:03,866 --> 00:37:10,533
Pointe du Hoc

849
00:37:04,966 --> 00:37:12,366
via the English Channel.

850
00:37:06,766 --> 00:37:15,333
The memories of June 6, 1944,

851
00:37:10,533 --> 00:37:18,633
return in waves.

852
00:37:12,366 --> 00:37:22,300
>> For some reason, down here

853
00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:24,466
it's an easier feeling than it

854
00:37:18,633 --> 00:37:26,466
is up on top.

855
00:37:22,300 --> 00:37:29,733
The memories down here are not

856
00:37:24,466 --> 00:37:31,833
like the memories up there.

857
00:37:26,466 --> 00:37:32,933
♪

858
00:37:29,733 --> 00:37:34,766
From this distance, we were not

859
00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:35,700
shooting back.

860
00:37:32,933 --> 00:37:37,233
Can't see anything to shoot at.

861
00:37:34,766 --> 00:37:38,966
I don't know what...

862
00:37:35,700 --> 00:37:40,133
If I look up there, I don't know

863
00:37:37,233 --> 00:37:41,800
if those are people or if that's

864
00:37:38,966 --> 00:37:43,466
bushes and so forth.

865
00:37:40,133 --> 00:37:45,200
And that's what we saw.

866
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:46,466
As we got closer, then it was

867
00:37:43,466 --> 00:37:50,700
a little bit different because

868
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:52,200
then we could start shooting

869
00:37:46,466 --> 00:37:54,266
back.

870
00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:56,400
Those things look...

871
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:58,766
They look as tall as they did

872
00:37:54,266 --> 00:38:00,500
before, and as I said, the

873
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:02,266
closer you get, the taller they

874
00:37:58,766 --> 00:38:04,400
get.

875
00:38:00,500 --> 00:38:06,300
>> It turns out the guns

876
00:38:02,266 --> 00:38:07,866
the 2nd Rangers had been after

877
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:09,933
had been moved inland to a

878
00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:11,866
nearby apple orchard.

879
00:38:07,866 --> 00:38:13,933
Eventually, they were discovered

880
00:38:09,933 --> 00:38:16,400
and taken out, completing the

881
00:38:11,866 --> 00:38:20,000
Rangers' original D-day mission.

882
00:38:13,933 --> 00:38:21,700
Of the 225 Rangers assigned

883
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:22,300
the mission, 135 were dead or

884
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:24,766
wounded after two days of

885
00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:24,766
battle.

886
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:24,766
♪

887
00:38:27,533 --> 00:38:35,700
Today, a monument on top of

888
00:38:29,733 --> 00:38:35,700
Pointe du Hoc recognizes the

889
00:38:32,066 --> 00:38:35,700
Rangers' courage and sacrifice.

890
00:38:40,933 --> 00:38:44,033
♪

891
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,600
Back behind Utah Beach, another

892
00:38:44,033 --> 00:38:46,333
fight was raging.

893
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,366
Just outside of

894
00:38:46,333 --> 00:38:50,066
Sainte-Mère-Eglise in the tiny

895
00:38:48,366 --> 00:38:51,866
hamlet of La Fière,

896
00:38:50,066 --> 00:38:54,000
Ted Morgan, a medic in the

897
00:38:51,866 --> 00:38:55,500
American 82nd Airborne Division,

898
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,400
found himself right in the

899
00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:57,400
middle of the fierce battle.

900
00:38:57,633 --> 00:39:02,333
La Fière and this bridge

901
00:38:59,133 --> 00:39:04,033
and causeway along

902
00:39:00,466 --> 00:39:06,300
the Merderet River had become

903
00:39:02,333 --> 00:39:06,300
some of the most important

904
00:39:04,033 --> 00:39:06,300
real estate in Normandy.

905
00:39:06,533 --> 00:39:11,600
>> I think we had to be there on

906
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:14,533
the scene to understand what a

907
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:16,466
major objective that was.

908
00:39:14,533 --> 00:39:18,400
>> Where the Germans were trying

909
00:39:16,466 --> 00:39:19,833
to get across and we were trying

910
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:19,833
to push them back.

911
00:39:20,066 --> 00:39:24,733
>> The Germans needed the

912
00:39:21,033 --> 00:39:26,566
1,600-foot-long causeway to send

913
00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:27,666
reinforcements towards

914
00:39:24,733 --> 00:39:29,600
Utah Beach and the American

915
00:39:26,566 --> 00:39:31,566
landings there.

916
00:39:27,666 --> 00:39:33,233
The 82nd Airborne was fighting

917
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:35,566
to prevent that from happening.

918
00:39:31,566 --> 00:39:37,933
>> Because that was the major

919
00:39:33,233 --> 00:39:40,500
bridge over which the Germans

920
00:39:35,566 --> 00:39:42,966
could send in reinforcements,

921
00:39:37,933 --> 00:39:42,966
and they weren't able to do that

922
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:42,966
once we secured the bridge.

923
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,266
>> I've heard it described as

924
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,633
one of the most important

925
00:39:46,266 --> 00:39:48,333
battles of the Normandy

926
00:39:47,633 --> 00:39:49,566
campaign.

927
00:39:48,333 --> 00:39:49,900
And they lost quite a few

928
00:39:49,566 --> 00:39:49,900
people.

929
00:39:50,133 --> 00:39:58,166
>> There was artillery fire,

930
00:39:52,366 --> 00:39:59,733
small-arms fire.

931
00:39:55,366 --> 00:40:01,766
♪

932
00:39:58,166 --> 00:40:04,800
>> Disabled German tanks

933
00:39:59,733 --> 00:40:07,200
symbolize the fierce fight going

934
00:40:01,766 --> 00:40:07,766
on to hold the bridge.

935
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:09,833
>> With their weaponry, they had

936
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:11,233
a...

937
00:40:07,766 --> 00:40:12,433
This 88 was just an amazing

938
00:40:09,833 --> 00:40:13,633
weapon.

939
00:40:11,233 --> 00:40:16,066
We had to be covered.

940
00:40:12,433 --> 00:40:19,200
We had to take cover.

941
00:40:13,633 --> 00:40:21,566
But eventually, with the

942
00:40:16,066 --> 00:40:23,433
reinforcements, with tank

943
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:24,133
reinforcements from the beach,

944
00:40:21,566 --> 00:40:26,133
we were able to secure the

945
00:40:23,433 --> 00:40:27,466
bridge.

946
00:40:24,133 --> 00:40:29,300
But it took two or three days to

947
00:40:26,133 --> 00:40:31,100
do that.

948
00:40:27,466 --> 00:40:33,066
It wasn't a simple task.

949
00:40:29,300 --> 00:40:34,666
>> The fields surrounding the

950
00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:37,766
causeway had all been flooded by

951
00:40:33,066 --> 00:40:39,300
the Germans to prevent

952
00:40:34,666 --> 00:40:40,100
paratrooper and glider landings.

953
00:40:37,766 --> 00:40:41,866
>> Some of our men became

954
00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:44,200
casualties.

955
00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:46,333
They drowned in the water that

956
00:40:41,866 --> 00:40:47,533
had flooded the fields.

957
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:50,800
>> The destruction of the local

958
00:40:46,333 --> 00:40:50,800
manor and the surrounding

959
00:40:47,533 --> 00:40:50,800
buildings was extensive.

960
00:40:52,300 --> 00:40:57,900
Across the causeway on the

961
00:40:54,033 --> 00:40:58,900
German side, the ancient church

962
00:40:56,166 --> 00:41:00,933
in the hamlet of Cauquigny

963
00:40:57,900 --> 00:41:02,866
was leveled.

964
00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:04,766
The entire area had become the

965
00:41:00,933 --> 00:41:06,466
focus of a fight that may very

966
00:41:02,866 --> 00:41:09,866
well determine the success or

967
00:41:04,766 --> 00:41:12,533
failure of the Utah Beach

968
00:41:06,466 --> 00:41:15,033
landings.

969
00:41:09,866 --> 00:41:17,233
>> There was one of our troopers

970
00:41:12,533 --> 00:41:18,800
injured on the side of a road

971
00:41:15,033 --> 00:41:20,933
going to the bridge.

972
00:41:17,233 --> 00:41:23,266
I remember taking care of

973
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:25,033
him, and while I was taking

974
00:41:20,933 --> 00:41:28,033
care of him, there was a German

975
00:41:23,266 --> 00:41:29,233
tank coming toward us.

976
00:41:25,033 --> 00:41:30,333
And he kept saying, "Morgan!

977
00:41:28,033 --> 00:41:31,600
There's a tank out there!

978
00:41:29,233 --> 00:41:34,600
There's a German tank

979
00:41:30,333 --> 00:41:36,133
coming toward us!"

980
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:38,300
And I wasn't about to leave him.

981
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:39,333
I couldn't carry him.

982
00:41:36,133 --> 00:41:41,700
And I just didn't pay much

983
00:41:38,300 --> 00:41:44,766
attention.

984
00:41:39,333 --> 00:41:47,733
And all of a sudden, the tank

985
00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:49,533
drew up beside us, and a German

986
00:41:44,766 --> 00:41:51,333
head popped out of the turret.

987
00:41:47,733 --> 00:41:52,900
He looked down at us, and the

988
00:41:49,533 --> 00:41:54,800
casualty -- he says, "They're

989
00:41:51,333 --> 00:41:56,833
going to kill us, Morgan.

990
00:41:52,900 --> 00:41:57,733
They're going to kill us both."

991
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:59,300
All of a sudden, the head went

992
00:41:56,833 --> 00:42:01,666
back down.

993
00:41:57,733 --> 00:42:04,166
The tank cover closed.

994
00:41:59,300 --> 00:42:05,666
The tank took off up the road...

995
00:42:01,666 --> 00:42:07,066
which was probably a miracle,

996
00:42:04,166 --> 00:42:10,133
I guess.

997
00:42:05,666 --> 00:42:10,133
But that was...

998
00:42:07,066 --> 00:42:10,133
I remember that vividly.

999
00:42:13,166 --> 00:42:18,900
>> Finally, on June 9, after

1000
00:42:15,066 --> 00:42:20,800
three days of savage fighting

1001
00:42:17,133 --> 00:42:25,066
and hundreds of casualties,

1002
00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:27,366
La Fière and Cauquigny were in

1003
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:29,266
the American hands.

1004
00:42:25,066 --> 00:42:31,333
Today, a monument to the fight

1005
00:42:27,366 --> 00:42:33,166
stands near the Merderet River

1006
00:42:29,266 --> 00:42:35,233
just yards away from the bridge.

1007
00:42:31,333 --> 00:42:38,333
It features an Airborne

1008
00:42:33,166 --> 00:42:38,333
paratrooper, referred to as

1009
00:42:35,233 --> 00:42:38,333
Iron Mike.

1010
00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:52,166
♪

1011
00:42:49,833 --> 00:42:53,700
22 miles away from La Fière

1012
00:42:52,166 --> 00:42:54,700
is the French village

1013
00:42:53,700 --> 00:42:56,933
of La Cambe.

1014
00:42:54,700 --> 00:42:59,400
La Cambe is inland near the

1015
00:42:56,933 --> 00:43:01,666
ancient French town of Bayeux

1016
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,666
and behind the Omaha beachhead.

1017
00:43:01,900 --> 00:43:04,133
♪

1018
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:14,833
Just outside of the village can

1019
00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:14,833
be found over 21,000 German war

1020
00:43:11,233 --> 00:43:14,833
dead from the fight in Normandy.

1021
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:24,400
The German cemetery here is a

1022
00:43:20,433 --> 00:43:26,466
quiet and somber place...

1023
00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:29,433
men and young boys who died

1024
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:29,433
because of Adolf Hitler's

1025
00:43:26,466 --> 00:43:29,433
vision for Germany.

1026
00:43:32,666 --> 00:43:40,000
>> [ German accent ] He managed

1027
00:43:35,900 --> 00:43:41,733
to call upon some

1028
00:43:37,900 --> 00:43:44,266
nationalist ideas.

1029
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:46,633
You know, there was

1030
00:43:41,733 --> 00:43:46,633
a First World War, which the

1031
00:43:44,266 --> 00:43:46,633
Germans lost.

1032
00:43:46,866 --> 00:43:55,333
But the general feeling was that

1033
00:43:52,300 --> 00:43:55,333
we had been unjustly treated.

1034
00:43:55,566 --> 00:44:05,000
So he was welcomed by the

1035
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:06,533
majority as a leader who takes

1036
00:44:02,300 --> 00:44:09,700
us out of that misery after this

1037
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:13,033
First World War.

1038
00:44:06,533 --> 00:44:16,600
And by the time some people

1039
00:44:09,700 --> 00:44:19,633
became aware which way he was

1040
00:44:13,033 --> 00:44:22,800
going to lead us, he had enough

1041
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:22,800
power so the resistance was very

1042
00:44:19,633 --> 00:44:22,800
difficult to organize.

1043
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:33,066
>> One German soldier that I was

1044
00:44:28,333 --> 00:44:34,866
treating hauled out a wallet

1045
00:44:30,733 --> 00:44:36,333
and took a photograph out.

1046
00:44:33,066 --> 00:44:37,900
And it was of his family --

1047
00:44:34,866 --> 00:44:40,333
his wife and kids

1048
00:44:36,333 --> 00:44:42,933
back in Germany.

1049
00:44:37,900 --> 00:44:44,933
And I thought then, and I, to

1050
00:44:40,333 --> 00:44:46,800
this day, I felt sorry for him.

1051
00:44:42,933 --> 00:44:47,400
He didn't want to be there.

1052
00:44:44,933 --> 00:44:49,666
You know, he was forced to be

1053
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:51,933
there.

1054
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:54,666
And here he is seriously

1055
00:44:49,666 --> 00:44:54,666
wounded.

1056
00:44:51,933 --> 00:44:54,666
♪

1057
00:45:06,533 --> 00:45:09,433
♪

1058
00:45:14,366 --> 00:45:19,833
>> About 10 miles from the

1059
00:45:16,066 --> 00:45:21,800
German cemetery, at La Cambe,

1060
00:45:18,066 --> 00:45:23,733
outside of the village of

1061
00:45:19,833 --> 00:45:24,866
Colleville-sur-Mer and rising

1062
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:28,266
above the cliffs overlooking

1063
00:45:23,733 --> 00:45:28,266
Omaha Beach is

1064
00:45:24,866 --> 00:45:28,266
the Normandy American Cemetery.

1065
00:45:32,533 --> 00:45:39,633
Over 9,300 white crosses and

1066
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:42,333
Stars of David mark the resting

1067
00:45:37,366 --> 00:45:44,800
place of American soldiers --

1068
00:45:39,633 --> 00:45:46,733
fathers, sons, brothers,

1069
00:45:42,333 --> 00:45:49,433
and husbands who also died in

1070
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:51,566
the fight for Normandy,

1071
00:45:46,733 --> 00:45:54,333
many on D-day.

1072
00:45:49,433 --> 00:45:54,333
It is meticulously cared for

1073
00:45:51,566 --> 00:45:54,333
by the French.

1074
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:08,333
>> I'd like to say it's a very

1075
00:46:04,766 --> 00:46:11,766
peaceful place.

1076
00:46:07,066 --> 00:46:14,933
But it certainly isn't the

1077
00:46:08,333 --> 00:46:17,000
result of peaceful...in the way

1078
00:46:11,766 --> 00:46:17,000
it is so meticulously

1079
00:46:14,933 --> 00:46:17,000
laid out.

1080
00:46:19,333 --> 00:46:23,333
It's...row upon row.

1081
00:46:26,466 --> 00:46:35,100
Such a waste.

1082
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:36,700
If there's such a thing

1083
00:46:31,300 --> 00:46:39,266
as a waste for a good cause,

1084
00:46:35,100 --> 00:46:39,266
this is...

1085
00:46:36,700 --> 00:46:39,266
this is what it looks like.

1086
00:46:40,966 --> 00:46:45,000
And...

1087
00:46:45,233 --> 00:46:58,633
Anybody who thinks that...

1088
00:46:52,833 --> 00:47:00,533
war is glorified

1089
00:46:56,733 --> 00:47:03,000
should come here and spend

1090
00:46:58,633 --> 00:47:03,000
some time.

1091
00:47:00,533 --> 00:47:03,000
♪

1092
00:47:18,466 --> 00:47:25,600
He was a good soldier.

1093
00:47:21,166 --> 00:47:27,900
He was a rifleman.

1094
00:47:23,366 --> 00:47:30,366
Uh...

1095
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:33,033
He was killed about 30 feet

1096
00:47:27,900 --> 00:47:35,766
away from me

1097
00:47:30,366 --> 00:47:35,766
by a sniper.

1098
00:47:33,033 --> 00:47:35,766
♪

1099
00:47:45,500 --> 00:47:51,733
I'm not a hero.

1100
00:47:46,700 --> 00:47:54,100
Those are the heroes.

1101
00:47:48,333 --> 00:47:56,366
So, when they say...

1102
00:47:51,733 --> 00:47:58,233
I have a hard time responding

1103
00:47:54,100 --> 00:48:00,500
to "Thank you for your service"

1104
00:47:56,366 --> 00:48:01,566
because...thank  them

1105
00:47:58,233 --> 00:48:02,833
for their service.

1106
00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:05,033
I'm here.

1107
00:48:01,566 --> 00:48:09,533
And they...

1108
00:48:02,833 --> 00:48:11,333
Their young lives ended

1109
00:48:05,033 --> 00:48:17,700
a long time ago.

1110
00:48:09,533 --> 00:48:18,833
I remember some of the good

1111
00:48:11,333 --> 00:48:22,000
times we had, and...

1112
00:48:17,700 --> 00:48:22,000
I hope they're enjoying

1113
00:48:18,833 --> 00:48:22,000
their sleep.

1114
00:48:22,233 --> 00:48:24,433
♪

1115
00:48:48,066 --> 00:48:53,833
Bonjour.

1116
00:48:51,300 --> 00:48:54,700
Hello.

1117
00:48:52,233 --> 00:48:55,600
Comment allez-vous?

1118
00:48:53,833 --> 00:48:56,933
>> They just wanted

1119
00:48:54,700 --> 00:48:58,333
to thank you.

1120
00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:59,300
>> Thank you.

1121
00:48:56,933 --> 00:49:00,733
>> I think it's wonderful.

1122
00:48:58,333 --> 00:49:04,466
I mean, those...

1123
00:48:59,300 --> 00:49:07,433
Really, that's tomorrow.

1124
00:49:00,733 --> 00:49:10,066
And if they're brought up right

1125
00:49:04,466 --> 00:49:10,800
and taught right, I have no fear

1126
00:49:07,433 --> 00:49:11,633
for the future of the world

1127
00:49:10,066 --> 00:49:12,500
tomorrow.

1128
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:14,300
>> Thank you.

1129
00:49:11,633 --> 00:49:17,600
>> Thank you.

1130
00:49:12,500 --> 00:49:18,600
>> [ Speaking indistinctly ]

1131
00:49:14,300 --> 00:49:20,933
>> I'm proud, proud to see that

1132
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:23,400
today.

1133
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:25,633
It's because of what you see

1134
00:49:20,933 --> 00:49:28,100
around here -- the crosses and

1135
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:28,100
the Jewish Stars.

1136
00:49:25,633 --> 00:49:28,100
♪

1137
00:49:35,666 --> 00:49:44,333
>> Going back there and

1138
00:49:38,333 --> 00:49:46,933
standing, you know, beside those

1139
00:49:41,966 --> 00:49:49,833
crosses and knowing

1140
00:49:44,333 --> 00:49:50,800
who is buried there -- even to

1141
00:49:46,933 --> 00:49:53,066
this day, it's heart rendering,

1142
00:49:49,833 --> 00:49:55,500
really.

1143
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:56,533
You think of those guys.

1144
00:49:53,066 --> 00:49:58,000
You remember them as if it were

1145
00:49:55,500 --> 00:50:00,900
yesterday.

1146
00:49:56,533 --> 00:50:03,600
It's a sad...

1147
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:05,633
It's a sad occasion just to go

1148
00:50:00,900 --> 00:50:05,633
there to visit.

1149
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:05,633
♪

1150
00:50:14,500 --> 00:50:22,300
>> I represent them.

1151
00:50:16,166 --> 00:50:24,133
I'm not sure that's probably the

1152
00:50:18,666 --> 00:50:27,200
right term.

1153
00:50:22,300 --> 00:50:29,800
Remember them, for sure,

1154
00:50:24,133 --> 00:50:30,866
and remember the deeds and...

1155
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:31,833
that -- how they died,

1156
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:35,400
where they died.

1157
00:50:30,866 --> 00:50:37,233
Yeah.

1158
00:50:31,833 --> 00:50:39,733
They don't grow old like

1159
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:42,566
we grow old.

1160
00:50:37,233 --> 00:50:44,600
Forever young.

1161
00:50:39,733 --> 00:50:46,866
♪

1162
00:50:42,566 --> 00:50:49,233
>> Yeah, it is the common

1163
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:50,933
sentiment that every man you

1164
00:50:46,866 --> 00:50:52,933
take back to Normandy says --

1165
00:50:49,233 --> 00:50:55,466
you know, "The only heroes

1166
00:50:50,933 --> 00:50:57,333
are in the cemetery."

1167
00:50:52,933 --> 00:50:59,533
And, you know, it's...

1168
00:50:55,466 --> 00:51:02,066
It's unspoken, but the

1169
00:50:57,333 --> 00:51:04,000
predominant theme when they

1170
00:50:59,533 --> 00:51:06,566
return is that it's an honor to

1171
00:51:02,066 --> 00:51:08,733
the men who never got a chance

1172
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:08,733
to grow old.

1173
00:51:06,566 --> 00:51:08,733
♪

1174
00:51:21,133 --> 00:51:23,933
♪

1175
00:51:47,633 --> 00:51:51,266
>> When I got out, I had to go

1176
00:51:48,933 --> 00:51:52,300
back to high school,

1177
00:51:49,900 --> 00:51:53,766
finish high school, and then I

1178
00:51:51,266 --> 00:51:55,266
had to get to college.

1179
00:51:52,300 --> 00:51:58,500
And those were the key things

1180
00:51:53,766 --> 00:51:59,466
that I needed to do in my life

1181
00:51:55,266 --> 00:52:00,466
to get on with it.

1182
00:51:58,500 --> 00:52:01,366
>> The thought never comes to

1183
00:51:59,466 --> 00:52:03,200
your mind, "Well, I'm going to

1184
00:52:00,466 --> 00:52:05,133
do this because I'm a hero."

1185
00:52:01,366 --> 00:52:07,833
It's something you do because

1186
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:09,633
it's what you're trained to do.

1187
00:52:05,133 --> 00:52:12,066
It never, ever entered my mind

1188
00:52:07,833 --> 00:52:12,066
that I was a hero.

1189
00:52:09,633 --> 00:52:12,066
♪

1190
00:52:21,100 --> 00:52:26,333
I was just doing what I was

1191
00:52:22,700 --> 00:52:27,533
supposed to do, what I was

1192
00:52:24,333 --> 00:52:29,500
trained to do.

1193
00:52:26,333 --> 00:52:30,766
>> Well, you were proud of your

1194
00:52:27,533 --> 00:52:32,633
outfit 'cause you lived up to

1195
00:52:29,500 --> 00:52:35,100
the tradition of the outfit,

1196
00:52:30,766 --> 00:52:37,233
you know what I mean?

1197
00:52:32,633 --> 00:52:39,566
>> Satisfaction because we had

1198
00:52:35,100 --> 00:52:41,933
accomplished our mission.

1199
00:52:37,233 --> 00:52:44,433
>> If I contributed just a

1200
00:52:39,566 --> 00:52:46,233
little bit to the success,

1201
00:52:41,933 --> 00:52:47,733
you know, I'm proud of that.

1202
00:52:44,433 --> 00:52:49,500
>> There was no way that I was

1203
00:52:46,233 --> 00:52:51,433
going to let my personal

1204
00:52:47,733 --> 00:52:53,266
feelings or my fear interfere

1205
00:52:49,500 --> 00:52:55,066
with completing the mission that

1206
00:52:51,433 --> 00:52:56,166
we were given, and especially if

1207
00:52:53,266 --> 00:52:58,100
it had anything to do with my

1208
00:52:55,066 --> 00:52:58,700
fellow troopers.

1209
00:52:56,166 --> 00:53:00,833
I was not going to let them

1210
00:52:58,100 --> 00:53:02,666
down.

1211
00:52:58,700 --> 00:53:04,900
The fear of letting them down

1212
00:53:00,833 --> 00:53:07,800
was more of a fear than getting

1213
00:53:02,666 --> 00:53:10,100
wounded or getting shot.

1214
00:53:04,900 --> 00:53:13,600
>> I was proud to be

1215
00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:15,933
a military man

1216
00:53:10,100 --> 00:53:18,900
during World War II.

1217
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:20,400
♪

1218
00:53:15,933 --> 00:53:23,500
>> I earned one Silver Star,

1219
00:53:18,900 --> 00:53:25,766
two Bronze Stars for valor,

1220
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:27,066
and six Purple Hearts.

1221
00:53:23,500 --> 00:53:28,300
>> It was an experience that I

1222
00:53:25,766 --> 00:53:30,500
knew would probably be...

1223
00:53:27,066 --> 00:53:34,900
The most important thing I did

1224
00:53:28,300 --> 00:53:36,733
in my entire life would be part

1225
00:53:30,500 --> 00:53:38,633
of that invasion.

1226
00:53:34,900 --> 00:53:40,533
>> The legacy of the men who

1227
00:53:36,733 --> 00:53:42,566
fought on D-day and served in

1228
00:53:38,633 --> 00:53:43,833
Europe and the Pacific, as my

1229
00:53:40,533 --> 00:53:45,733
own father did, still resonates

1230
00:53:42,566 --> 00:53:47,933
today.

1231
00:53:43,833 --> 00:53:49,633
Their courage, determination,

1232
00:53:45,733 --> 00:53:53,233
sacrifice, and belief in their

1233
00:53:47,933 --> 00:53:55,166
country and fellow man

1234
00:53:49,633 --> 00:53:57,166
is unrivaled in our history.

1235
00:53:53,233 --> 00:53:59,200
Despite the passing of my dad

1236
00:53:55,166 --> 00:54:01,233
and more and more World War II

1237
00:53:57,166 --> 00:54:03,100
veterans each day, I hope what

1238
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:04,100
they humbly accomplished will

1239
00:54:01,233 --> 00:54:05,266
always resonate with future

1240
00:54:03,100 --> 00:54:07,133
generations.

1241
00:54:04,100 --> 00:54:08,400
The men and women

1242
00:54:05,266 --> 00:54:09,400
of World War II won as a team,

1243
00:54:07,133 --> 00:54:11,300
and that's a lesson

1244
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:13,266
for all of us

1245
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:15,366
as we too try to accomplish

1246
00:54:11,300 --> 00:54:17,633
great and noble goals in our

1247
00:54:13,266 --> 00:54:21,466
own lives, both personally and

1248
00:54:15,366 --> 00:54:23,666
professionally.

1249
00:54:17,633 --> 00:54:25,833
♪

1250
00:54:21,466 --> 00:54:27,966
Men like my father and millions

1251
00:54:23,666 --> 00:54:31,133
of others gave so much to make

1252
00:54:25,833 --> 00:54:33,600
sure we have that opportunity,

1253
00:54:27,966 --> 00:54:35,066
both on June 6, 1944, and during

1254
00:54:31,133 --> 00:54:38,200
the other momentous days

1255
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:38,200
of World War II.

1256
00:54:35,066 --> 00:54:38,200
♪

1257
00:55:49,733 --> 00:55:55,733
>> Funding for this

1258
00:55:50,833 --> 00:55:55,733
program provided by...

1259
00:55:52,900 --> 00:55:55,733
♪

1260
00:55:56,600 --> 00:56:03,000
>> What's important to me -- and

1261
00:55:58,766 --> 00:56:05,233
Jess's dad helped remind me of

1262
00:56:00,933 --> 00:56:07,033
that the first year that Jess

1263
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:08,200
worked for us -- one of the best

1264
00:56:05,233 --> 00:56:10,300
moments of their life was

1265
00:56:07,033 --> 00:56:12,833
when Jess got her first

1266
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:14,700
paycheck, and they went out to

1267
00:56:10,300 --> 00:56:15,566
dinner, and this young lady paid

1268
00:56:12,833 --> 00:56:16,833
for it.

1269
00:56:14,700 --> 00:56:16,833
[ Voice breaks ]

1270
00:56:15,566 --> 00:56:16,833
That's what's important.

1271
00:56:17,066 --> 00:56:19,366
♪

1272
00:56:23,166 --> 00:56:25,233
♪

1273
00:56:38,033 --> 00:56:41,266
>> Additional support

1274
00:56:39,266 --> 00:56:41,266
provided by...

1275
00:57:01,333 --> 00:57:03,633
♪

1276
00:57:15,666 --> 00:57:18,733
♪

1277
00:57:23,666 --> 00:57:26,566
♪

1278
00:57:27,033 --> 00:57:29,566
♪