WEBVTT 00:00.766 --> 00:04.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:2.5% ♪ 00:01.400 --> 00:07.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> Funding for this 00:02.933 --> 00:07.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% program provided by... 00:04.766 --> 00:07.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 00:08.466 --> 00:14.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> What's important to me -- and 00:10.633 --> 00:17.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% Jess's dad helped remind me of 00:12.733 --> 00:18.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% that the first year that Jess 00:14.800 --> 00:20.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% worked for us -- one of the best 00:17.033 --> 00:22.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% moments of their life was 00:18.833 --> 00:24.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% when Jess got her first 00:20.300 --> 00:26.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% paycheck, and they went out to 00:22.100 --> 00:27.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% dinner, and this young lady paid 00:24.633 --> 00:28.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% for it. 00:26.500 --> 00:28.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% [ Voice breaks ] 00:27.366 --> 00:28.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% That's what's important. 00:28.866 --> 00:31.166 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:2.5% ♪ 00:34.966 --> 00:37.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 00:49.833 --> 00:52.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% >> Additional support 00:50.800 --> 00:52.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:35% provided by... 01:13.133 --> 01:15.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 01:25.800 --> 01:31.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> My name is Bill Belichick. 01:28.233 --> 01:32.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I've been very fortunate to be a 01:29.800 --> 01:34.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% professional football coach for 01:31.333 --> 01:36.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% many years now. 01:32.966 --> 01:38.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% It's a career I continue to feel 01:34.800 --> 01:39.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% very passionate about and one 01:36.500 --> 01:43.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% that I became interested in at a 01:38.333 --> 01:46.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% very early age thanks to my 01:39.933 --> 01:47.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% father. 01:43.766 --> 01:49.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% The biggest influence in my life 01:46.133 --> 01:51.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% has been my dad, Steve, 01:47.900 --> 01:52.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% who played in the National 01:49.400 --> 01:54.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% Football League and was also a 01:51.133 --> 01:57.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% football coach for 50 years at 01:52.833 --> 01:59.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% the United States Naval Academy 01:54.600 --> 02:01.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% in Annapolis, Maryland. 01:57.633 --> 02:01.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% That's where I grew up and 01:59.466 --> 02:01.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% learned much about the game. 02:04.300 --> 02:11.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% Like millions of other men of 02:05.766 --> 02:13.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% his generation, my father, who 02:08.133 --> 02:15.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% passed away in 2005, served his 02:11.266 --> 02:16.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% country in World War II. 02:13.766 --> 02:18.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% Dad was in the United States 02:15.800 --> 02:22.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% Navy. 02:16.433 --> 02:24.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% He spent time in both Europe and 02:18.833 --> 02:26.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% the Pacific. 02:22.366 --> 02:28.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:2.5% ♪ 02:24.900 --> 02:29.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% The men and women of 02:26.233 --> 02:31.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% the World War II generation, 02:28.000 --> 02:32.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% such as my father, are 02:29.433 --> 02:34.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% responsible for all we have 02:31.166 --> 02:37.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% today, including my own 02:32.666 --> 02:37.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% opportunity to be a professional 02:34.633 --> 02:37.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:37.5% football coach. 02:41.233 --> 02:48.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% The following is the story about 02:43.166 --> 02:51.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% one day in World War II, 02:44.833 --> 02:54.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% June 6, 1944, 02:48.500 --> 02:56.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% D-day... 02:51.766 --> 02:59.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% a time of both heroics and 02:54.166 --> 02:59.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% horror experienced by teenagers 02:56.933 --> 02:59.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:35% and young men. 03:09.433 --> 03:18.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% Many locations still show the 03:11.933 --> 03:20.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% marks of battle decades later. 03:15.900 --> 03:21.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% This film brings us unique views 03:18.166 --> 03:22.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% of the landscape of Normandy, 03:20.266 --> 03:24.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% France. 03:21.000 --> 03:26.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% Intertwined are the stories of 03:22.866 --> 03:27.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% the men who fought on these 03:24.566 --> 03:31.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% beaches and among these French 03:26.400 --> 03:31.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% villages to preserve our 03:27.933 --> 03:31.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:20% freedom. 03:55.100 --> 03:58.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 04:02.133 --> 04:08.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% On June 5 on the southern coast 04:04.400 --> 04:11.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% of England in towns, villages, 04:06.700 --> 04:12.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% seaports, and airfields, tens of 04:08.933 --> 04:14.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% thousands of men are about to 04:11.000 --> 04:17.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% board planes and ships, 04:12.633 --> 04:17.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ready to begin the liberation of 04:14.500 --> 04:17.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75% Western Europe from the Nazis. 04:20.933 --> 04:26.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% >> We'd had briefings for 04:24.666 --> 04:28.533 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% several days, and so we knew 04:26.633 --> 04:30.700 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% that this was the invasion 04:28.533 --> 04:30.700 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:30% of Normandy. 04:33.733 --> 04:37.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% >> General Eisenhower visited 04:35.733 --> 04:38.533 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% our unit down in the marshaling 04:37.933 --> 04:40.800 align:start position:10% line:10% size:12.5% area. 04:38.533 --> 04:42.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% We were in a compound behind 04:40.800 --> 04:45.700 align:start position:10% line:10% size:47.5% barbed-wire fences, 04:42.433 --> 04:45.700 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:60% couldn't talk to anyone. 04:47.333 --> 04:50.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% >> In our training, we were 04:48.800 --> 04:51.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% told, you know, the old story -- 04:50.433 --> 04:51.966 align:start position:10% line:10% size:50% "Look to your right. 04:51.233 --> 04:53.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:45% Look to your left. 04:51.966 --> 04:56.533 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% Only one of you is going to 04:53.000 --> 04:58.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:22.5% survive." 04:56.533 --> 04:59.666 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% >> I'm only 18 years old. 04:58.166 --> 05:01.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:60% What the hell did I know 04:59.666 --> 05:03.366 align:start position:10% line:10% size:37.5% about anything? 05:01.633 --> 05:05.700 align:start position:10% line:10% size:45% And so I really... 05:03.366 --> 05:08.266 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% I had no idea that this... 05:05.700 --> 05:10.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% how big an invasion this was. 05:08.266 --> 05:10.233 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:2.5% ♪ 05:13.133 --> 05:16.366 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% >> The paratroopers were among 05:14.800 --> 05:17.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% the first to leave, heading 05:16.366 --> 05:20.066 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% across the English Channel 05:17.900 --> 05:22.100 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% in the late hours of June 5, 05:20.066 --> 05:23.533 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% taking a route that would drop 05:22.100 --> 05:26.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:50% them over Normandy's 05:23.533 --> 05:28.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:50% Cherbourg Peninsula. 05:26.000 --> 05:30.866 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% Below them, thousands of ships 05:28.433 --> 05:32.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% filled with American, British, 05:30.866 --> 05:34.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% Canadian, and other Allied 05:32.566 --> 05:38.066 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% landing troops, were also headed 05:34.566 --> 05:38.066 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:27.5% for France. 05:38.300 --> 05:43.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen 05:39.900 --> 05:45.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% of the Allied Expeditionary 05:41.633 --> 05:46.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% Force, I have full confidence in 05:43.566 --> 05:48.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% your courage, devotion to duty, 05:45.433 --> 05:51.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% and skill in battle. 05:46.600 --> 05:53.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% We will accept nothing 05:48.433 --> 05:54.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% less than full victory! 05:51.500 --> 05:57.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> I was sitting where I could 05:53.133 --> 05:59.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% look out the door, and as far as 05:54.866 --> 06:00.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I could see, there were ships -- 05:57.333 --> 06:00.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% battleships, cruisers, 05:59.133 --> 06:00.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:22.5% PT boats. 06:01.100 --> 06:04.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% I told someone, I said, 06:02.233 --> 06:06.066 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% "I swear, I think they were even 06:04.333 --> 06:07.866 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% some canoes in the bunch." 06:06.066 --> 06:09.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% Everything heading towards 06:07.866 --> 06:11.366 align:start position:10% line:10% size:17.5% France. 06:09.233 --> 06:14.800 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% Everything England had. 06:11.366 --> 06:18.066 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% And then when I could look up, 06:14.800 --> 06:19.600 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% the sky was full of airplanes. 06:18.066 --> 06:20.700 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% >> Yeah, see, looks like you 06:19.600 --> 06:22.766 align:start position:10% line:10% size:52.5% could walk over there 06:20.700 --> 06:22.766 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:32.5% on the ships. 06:26.100 --> 06:31.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> When we went on the plane, 06:27.966 --> 06:34.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% there was very little noise. 06:29.866 --> 06:35.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% No talking whatsoever. 06:31.800 --> 06:37.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% You hear people say, "Well, I 06:34.200 --> 06:39.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% wasn't scared." 06:35.633 --> 06:42.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% Don't let them kid you. 06:37.500 --> 06:42.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% When your life is on the line, 06:39.333 --> 06:42.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:47.5% everybody's scared. 06:42.833 --> 06:46.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% >> The pathfinders were the 06:44.666 --> 06:48.833 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% first to jump on D-day. 06:46.333 --> 06:51.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% Over 300 of this special force 06:48.833 --> 06:53.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% parachuted around villages and 06:51.300 --> 06:54.533 align:start position:10% line:10% size:52.5% towns with names like 06:53.166 --> 06:55.833 align:start position:10% line:10% size:32.5% Chef-du-Pont, 06:54.533 --> 06:57.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:27.5% Amfreville, 06:55.833 --> 06:59.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:47.5% Sainte-Mère-Eglise. 06:57.566 --> 07:01.733 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% and Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. 06:59.233 --> 07:04.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% Men such as the 88nd Airborne's 07:01.733 --> 07:06.500 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% Bill Hannigan headed for fields 07:04.133 --> 07:08.600 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% and villages behind Utah Beach 07:06.500 --> 07:09.700 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% in support of one of D-day's 07:08.600 --> 07:09.700 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:37.5% first missions. 07:09.933 --> 07:16.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% The early arrivals jumped into 07:12.200 --> 07:18.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% Normandy to help guide in C-47 07:14.500 --> 07:20.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% planes carrying their fellow 07:16.700 --> 07:22.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% paratroopers in the early 07:18.733 --> 07:24.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% morning hours of June 6. 07:20.666 --> 07:27.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> They just told us it would be 07:22.266 --> 07:29.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% a dangerous mission. 07:24.500 --> 07:31.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% And a pathfinder goes in a few 07:27.100 --> 07:33.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% hours ahead of the rest and 07:29.466 --> 07:34.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% sends up a homing device. 07:31.500 --> 07:36.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% It's a device that you put in 07:33.833 --> 07:38.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% the ground. 07:34.933 --> 07:41.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% And when you put it in the 07:36.700 --> 07:41.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ground and set it, you can't see 07:38.800 --> 07:44.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% it, but the pilots could 07:41.133 --> 07:47.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% in the distance. 07:41.966 --> 07:50.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% We came in low and fast -- 07:44.666 --> 07:53.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% too fast and too low -- and we 07:47.700 --> 07:53.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% hit the ground quickly, which we 07:50.666 --> 07:53.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% liked, but it was dangerous. 07:58.300 --> 08:05.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% This is not a fuzzy arrangement. 08:01.000 --> 08:07.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% This is the real McCoy. 08:03.033 --> 08:10.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% And you wonder if this was your 08:05.966 --> 08:10.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% wisest move. 08:07.366 --> 08:10.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:40% Maybe it wasn't. 08:12.966 --> 08:17.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:60% [ Dramatic music plays ] 08:15.200 --> 08:19.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% >> One vital objective on D-day 08:17.633 --> 08:22.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% for American paratroopers was 08:19.900 --> 08:24.600 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% the 11th-century French town of 08:22.333 --> 08:28.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% Saint-Mère-Eglise, which was 08:24.600 --> 08:30.400 align:start position:10% line:10% size:50% a key road junction. 08:28.633 --> 08:32.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:50% Henry "Duke" Boswell 08:30.400 --> 08:34.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:50% of the 82nd Airborne 08:32.166 --> 08:36.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% was bound for the town, 08:34.133 --> 08:37.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% as was fellow paratrooper 08:36.000 --> 08:40.966 align:start position:10% line:10% size:37.5% Emmett Nolan of 08:37.333 --> 08:40.966 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:70% the 101st Airborne Division. 08:43.600 --> 08:48.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% It needed to be taken to prevent 08:45.466 --> 08:50.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% German counterattacks from 08:47.100 --> 08:53.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% reaching Utah Beach to disrupt 08:48.933 --> 08:53.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% the eventual troop landings 08:50.600 --> 08:53.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:45% there at 6:30 a.m. 08:56.533 --> 09:01.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% >> Just before we got 08:57.733 --> 09:02.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% to Sainte-Mère-Eglise, they had 08:59.466 --> 09:04.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% a big cloud bank thousands of 09:01.166 --> 09:05.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% feet high, and all the planes 09:02.800 --> 09:06.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% just disappeared into it. 09:04.233 --> 09:07.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> The pilots that were flying 09:05.633 --> 09:09.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% us, this was their first 09:06.800 --> 09:12.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% mission. 09:07.333 --> 09:12.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> Our original drop zone was 09:09.933 --> 09:12.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:47.5% Sainte-Mère-Eglise. 09:12.700 --> 09:17.833 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% >> We parachuted into Normandy, 09:15.466 --> 09:19.866 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% landing about 2:00 in the 09:17.833 --> 09:22.033 align:start position:10% line:10% size:47.5% morning not too far 09:19.866 --> 09:22.033 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:60% from Sainte-Mère-Eglise. 09:22.266 --> 09:27.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> I jumped, and of course, you 09:23.966 --> 09:28.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% jump with a group of people. 09:25.566 --> 09:30.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% But then when you started coming 09:27.266 --> 09:35.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% down, you're all by yourself. 09:28.800 --> 09:36.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% There's no one right near you. 09:30.833 --> 09:39.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% The wind scatters you. 09:35.200 --> 09:42.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> By the time you got dropped, 09:36.866 --> 09:43.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% 15 men traveled probably 09:39.366 --> 09:46.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% from half a mile to a mile. 09:42.100 --> 09:47.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% So, we were strung out all over 09:43.966 --> 09:50.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% that Cherbourg Peninsula. 09:46.233 --> 09:52.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> They were shooting at us. 09:47.800 --> 09:53.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% Machine guns, antiaircraft. 09:50.933 --> 09:55.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% We could see the tracers coming 09:52.766 --> 09:57.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:7.5% up. 09:53.800 --> 09:59.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% I got out of my chute. 09:55.833 --> 10:01.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% I got my rifle assembled. 09:57.433 --> 10:04.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% >> And we missed 09:59.300 --> 10:07.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% Sainte-Mère-Eglise. 10:01.466 --> 10:09.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> I can remember, when I 10:04.033 --> 10:10.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% landed, I landed in a tree. 10:07.766 --> 10:12.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% And I didn't know... 10:09.233 --> 10:15.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% It was pitch black. 10:10.633 --> 10:17.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> I understand that we were 10:12.700 --> 10:19.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% the only unit that landed on our 10:15.000 --> 10:22.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% correct drop zone, the 505. 10:17.566 --> 10:24.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% The others had missed theirs, 10:19.233 --> 10:26.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% some by a little, some by a lot. 10:22.566 --> 10:28.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> Scattered all over, soldiers 10:24.700 --> 10:30.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% from different divisions, 10:26.466 --> 10:34.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% regiments, and units gathered 10:28.500 --> 10:37.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% into small groups and headed out 10:30.700 --> 10:39.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% for the nearest objective. 10:34.933 --> 10:41.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> And we were involved in a 10:37.133 --> 10:41.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% battle right away with the 10:39.166 --> 10:41.200 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:20% Germans. 10:45.133 --> 10:49.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> One of the companies had 10:47.066 --> 10:52.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% jumped right over 10:48.433 --> 10:53.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% Sainte-Mère-Eglise. 10:49.933 --> 10:54.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% And they came down over the 10:52.133 --> 10:55.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% town. 10:53.266 --> 10:57.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% Some of them landed in 10:54.666 --> 10:59.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% the trees. 10:55.466 --> 11:01.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% They were shot by the Germans, 10:57.433 --> 11:03.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% who were right there, before 10:59.433 --> 11:04.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% they could get out of the 11:01.333 --> 11:06.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% harness. 11:03.600 --> 11:10.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% >> Walked into 11:04.766 --> 11:11.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% Sainte-Mère-Eglise 11:06.266 --> 11:12.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% and saw John still hanging on 11:10.500 --> 11:13.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% the tower. 11:11.066 --> 11:16.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% I thought he was dead. 11:12.933 --> 11:16.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% He had been wounded, 11:13.666 --> 11:16.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% and they later got him down. 11:24.833 --> 11:32.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> At 4:30 in the morning, the 11:27.900 --> 11:33.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% battalion commander raised a 11:29.400 --> 11:35.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% flag over Sainte-Mère-Eglise, 11:32.066 --> 11:37.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% over the city hall, so that was 11:33.633 --> 11:38.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% quite an accomplishment. 11:35.533 --> 11:40.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% So we had that town liberated. 11:37.100 --> 11:42.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% Then we had to hold it. 11:38.300 --> 11:44.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% Our job was to block the 11:40.166 --> 11:46.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% crossroads and the bridges 11:42.200 --> 11:50.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% and keep more Germans from 11:44.400 --> 11:51.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% getting down to the beach 11:46.600 --> 11:52.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% to drive our people off. 11:50.000 --> 11:53.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> There were several attacks on 11:51.733 --> 11:55.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% Sainte-Mère-Eglise by 11:52.933 --> 11:58.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% the Germans. 11:53.733 --> 11:59.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% And the 3rd Battalion, 11:55.733 --> 12:01.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% the '05, was able to repulse 11:58.000 --> 12:01.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% the attacks. 11:59.200 --> 12:01.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 12:04.533 --> 12:10.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> All around Sainte-Mère-Eglise 12:06.500 --> 12:12.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% and the small hamlets and towns 12:08.466 --> 12:14.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% of Normandy were what the 12:10.166 --> 12:17.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% French called the bocage, 12:12.466 --> 12:17.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% also referred to as the 12:14.433 --> 12:17.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:25% hedgerows. 12:25.066 --> 12:29.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% The majority of villages in the 12:26.833 --> 12:31.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% region were surrounded by 12:28.366 --> 12:33.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% farmland. 12:29.100 --> 12:35.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% And these ancient hedgerows, 12:31.100 --> 12:37.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% dense vegetation, and trees 12:33.066 --> 12:40.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% growing up from mounds of soil 12:35.200 --> 12:43.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% sometimes rose to 30 feet 12:37.033 --> 12:45.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% in height. 12:40.100 --> 12:47.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% Dating back to the 16th century, 12:43.933 --> 12:48.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% the hedgerows were natural 12:45.466 --> 12:50.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% borders that kept the cows in 12:47.133 --> 12:53.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% the fields and defined property 12:48.900 --> 12:56.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% lines of the farms. 12:50.066 --> 12:56.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> They were so thick, you 12:53.500 --> 12:56.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:55% couldn't see anything. 13:05.033 --> 13:10.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> The bocage in Normandy was so 13:06.966 --> 13:11.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% dense that an American 13:08.400 --> 13:13.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% paratrooper could be standing 13:10.233 --> 13:16.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% just a few feet away from a 13:11.933 --> 13:16.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% German soldier on the other side 13:13.933 --> 13:19.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% and have no idea each other was 13:16.166 --> 13:24.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% there. 13:16.833 --> 13:26.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% It was an unnerving way to 13:19.133 --> 13:28.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% fight. 13:24.166 --> 13:30.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> You had to fight your way 13:26.433 --> 13:33.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% through a century or two of 13:28.633 --> 13:35.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% growth on them. 13:30.833 --> 13:38.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> 82nd Airborne paratrooper 13:33.033 --> 13:39.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% Bob Chisolm was bewildered by 13:35.266 --> 13:41.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% the bocage. 13:38.766 --> 13:42.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> The hedgerows was quite 13:39.866 --> 13:44.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% difficult, and our intelligence 13:41.300 --> 13:47.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% hadn't really briefed us on it, 13:42.733 --> 13:47.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% so I don't think they even knew 13:44.133 --> 13:47.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:22.5% about it. 13:56.333 --> 14:02.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% >> Morley Piper of the 13:58.200 --> 14:05.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% 29th Infantry Division 14:00.300 --> 14:06.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% found the hedgerows to be 14:02.000 --> 14:08.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% an unexpected adversary. 14:05.466 --> 14:08.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% >> We didn't understand 14:06.733 --> 14:08.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:27.5% the bocage. 14:08.266 --> 14:11.200 align:start position:10% line:10% size:45% Knew it was there, 14:09.100 --> 14:14.266 align:start position:10% line:10% size:52.5% but we didn't know... 14:11.200 --> 14:15.966 align:start position:10% line:10% size:52.5% the density of the... 14:14.266 --> 14:17.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:50% how hard it would be 14:15.966 --> 14:17.566 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:40% to penetrate it. 14:17.800 --> 14:21.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% The Germans did. 14:18.600 --> 14:24.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% They understood it. 14:19.600 --> 14:27.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% They'd been there four years. 14:21.033 --> 14:27.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% So...great for the defense, but 14:24.333 --> 14:27.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:50% very hard to attack. 14:30.000 --> 14:32.800 align:start position:10% line:10% size:60% [ Dramatic music plays ] 14:30.933 --> 14:34.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% >> Among the hedgerows and just 14:32.800 --> 14:35.800 align:start position:10% line:10% size:45% about 5 miles from 14:34.000 --> 14:37.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% Sainte-Mère-Eglise was another 14:35.800 --> 14:38.800 align:start position:10% line:10% size:60% key landing zone for the 14:37.300 --> 14:40.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:60% American paratroopers -- 14:38.800 --> 14:42.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:55% the ancient village of 14:40.566 --> 14:44.200 align:start position:10% line:10% size:52.5% Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, 14:42.333 --> 14:48.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% which provided key exits off 14:44.200 --> 14:48.133 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:70% Utah Beach for the landings. 14:48.366 --> 14:50.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% [ Dramatic music plays ] 15:02.266 --> 15:08.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% Dominated by a church that dates 15:04.466 --> 15:11.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% back to the 11th century, 15:06.266 --> 15:11.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% the village was a key objective 15:08.466 --> 15:11.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% of the 101st Airborne on D-day. 15:19.300 --> 15:25.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Like nearby Sainte-Mère-Eglise, 15:22.700 --> 15:28.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% Sainte-Marie-du-Mont had been 15:24.433 --> 15:30.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% occupied by the Germans 15:25.833 --> 15:32.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% since 1940. 15:28.866 --> 15:35.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% It needed to be taken to prevent 15:30.833 --> 15:35.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% German counterattacks when the 15:32.700 --> 15:35.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:52.5% beach landings began. 15:51.433 --> 15:58.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% Unknown to Allied planners on 15:53.333 --> 15:59.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% D-day was the location of four 15:55.333 --> 16:01.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% German 105-millimeter cannons 15:58.233 --> 16:04.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% just outside of 15:59.466 --> 16:04.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Sainte-Marie-du-Mont at a place 16:01.733 --> 16:04.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:55% called Brécourt Manor. 16:10.433 --> 16:15.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% Brécourt Manor dates back 16:12.133 --> 16:17.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% centuries and to this day is 16:14.100 --> 16:21.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% still owned by 16:15.233 --> 16:21.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% the de Vallavieille family. 16:17.200 --> 16:21.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65% It remains a working farm. 16:33.533 --> 16:40.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% On D-day, the four German guns 16:36.033 --> 16:43.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% were located along this hedgerow 16:38.733 --> 16:45.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% facing toward Utah Beach. 16:40.833 --> 16:45.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% As the landings got under way, 16:43.066 --> 16:47.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% the German guns began blasting 16:45.100 --> 16:50.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% away. 16:45.700 --> 16:51.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% They needed to be silenced. 16:47.533 --> 16:52.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% The difficult mission was given 16:50.300 --> 16:56.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% to 1st Lieutenant 16:51.666 --> 16:58.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% Richard Winters of 16:52.966 --> 16:58.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% 101st Airborne Division. 16:56.333 --> 16:58.200 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% [ Dramatic music plays ] 17:01.100 --> 17:07.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% Winters led 11 other soldiers in 17:03.100 --> 17:08.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% the initial attack to knock out 17:05.133 --> 17:11.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% the guns defended by roughly 100 17:07.200 --> 17:13.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% Germans in and around this 17:08.933 --> 17:16.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% field. 17:11.700 --> 17:18.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A trench that once ran along the 17:13.966 --> 17:21.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% hedgerow was the only route to 17:16.100 --> 17:21.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% attack the guns. 17:18.466 --> 17:21.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% It was early on D-day mornin 17:26.666 --> 17:32.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% "Take out those guns" is the way 17:28.933 --> 17:34.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% it was put to me. 17:30.333 --> 17:36.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% The first thing I did was go off 17:32.566 --> 17:38.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% by myself, crawl out this one 17:34.600 --> 17:41.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% hedgerow to scout it out. 17:36.400 --> 17:43.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% After I scouted it out, I could 17:38.766 --> 17:45.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% see where a machine gun was, and 17:41.233 --> 17:46.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% I thought there was a gun 17:43.200 --> 17:48.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% in that hedgerow there. 17:45.100 --> 17:49.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% I knew enough about where the 17:46.933 --> 17:49.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% trench was and where 17:48.133 --> 17:49.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:40% these guns were. 17:49.500 --> 17:53.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% Came back and gave my orders 17:51.733 --> 17:54.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% with, "Compton, you go up this 17:53.133 --> 17:56.833 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% hedgerow, and I'll go up this 17:54.433 --> 17:56.833 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:22.5% hedgerow. 17:57.066 --> 18:00.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% We'll split up 17:57.933 --> 18:02.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% what we have here 17:59.066 --> 18:03.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% so that if we do get pinned 18:00.700 --> 18:06.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% down, we both won't be pinned 18:02.400 --> 18:09.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% down at the same time." 18:03.766 --> 18:11.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% And we got everybody together 18:06.000 --> 18:14.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% and set up the two machine guns 18:09.966 --> 18:17.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% we had to lay down a base 18:11.433 --> 18:18.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% affair and had Compton pop by 18:14.400 --> 18:20.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% when -- and Malarkey go out 18:17.233 --> 18:21.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% there and try to put some 18:18.600 --> 18:22.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% hand grenades on them so that... 18:20.266 --> 18:23.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% with the instructions, 18:21.466 --> 18:24.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% "As soon as you throw those 18:22.900 --> 18:26.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% hand grenades, 18:23.766 --> 18:28.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% we'll all charge," 18:24.800 --> 18:29.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% which we did, and we were 18:26.433 --> 18:30.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% fortunate enough to get in there 18:28.466 --> 18:34.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% as those hand grenades 18:29.933 --> 18:36.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% are going off. 18:30.966 --> 18:38.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% And we got on top of them, and 18:34.000 --> 18:38.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% we got in the trench. 18:36.233 --> 18:38.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% [ Dramatic music plays ] 18:47.400 --> 18:50.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 19:06.066 --> 19:10.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> Just a short distance from 19:07.733 --> 19:12.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% Brécourt Manor where the four 19:09.400 --> 19:14.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% German guns were silenced 19:10.866 --> 19:18.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% is a monument recognizing 19:12.600 --> 19:20.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% Richard Winters' bravery and 19:14.533 --> 19:21.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% leadership on D-day. 19:18.833 --> 19:25.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% The Richard D. Winters 19:20.133 --> 19:27.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% Leadership Monument was 19:21.466 --> 19:28.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% dedicated in 2012. 19:25.533 --> 19:30.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% The monument not only honors 19:27.300 --> 19:32.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% Dick Winters' own D-day 19:28.800 --> 19:34.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% efforts, which resulted in the 19:30.633 --> 19:36.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% Distinguished Service Cross, 19:32.333 --> 19:40.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% but those of all American junior 19:34.333 --> 19:40.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% officers who displayed so much 19:36.200 --> 19:40.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% courage on June 6, 1944. 19:48.300 --> 19:54.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% Damian Lewis played Dick Winters 19:50.533 --> 19:54.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% in HBO's "Band of Brothers." 20:29.266 --> 20:34.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% [ Suspenseful music plays ] 20:31.933 --> 20:39.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% >> Around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 20:34.933 --> 20:40.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% June 6, 1944, the Allied beach 20:39.133 --> 20:42.733 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% landings got under way. 20:40.933 --> 20:45.033 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% Utah Beach, on the very 20:42.733 --> 20:47.200 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% western end of all the invasion 20:45.033 --> 20:49.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% beaches, was the objective of 20:47.200 --> 20:50.200 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% the American 4th Infantry 20:49.300 --> 20:51.600 align:start position:10% line:10% size:22.5% Division. 20:50.200 --> 20:53.600 align:start position:10% line:10% size:42.5% Both Philip Miret 20:51.600 --> 20:56.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% and Jim Gaff were in on the 20:53.600 --> 20:57.666 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% first wave as the Navy began 20:56.333 --> 20:59.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% approaching the beaches and 20:57.666 --> 21:01.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% began to receive fire from 20:59.633 --> 21:04.666 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% German gun emplacements 21:01.166 --> 21:04.666 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:35% and pillboxes. 21:04.900 --> 21:14.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% Everything seemed calm until 21:07.166 --> 21:14.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% all of a sudden you were taking 21:11.066 --> 21:14.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65% troops to go to the beach. 21:14.633 --> 21:17.066 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% >> Hard to look back out there 21:15.833 --> 21:19.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% and think that we brought our 21:17.066 --> 21:20.733 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% boats in as close as that. 21:19.300 --> 21:22.266 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% >> Here is a special bulletin. 21:20.733 --> 21:23.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% The long-awaited British and 21:22.266 --> 21:23.566 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:65% American invasion began... 21:23.800 --> 21:27.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> They were everywhere. 21:25.100 --> 21:31.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% [ Chuckles ] 21:26.033 --> 21:33.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% I mean, all kinds -- LCIs, 21:27.700 --> 21:35.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% LCTs, LSTs, destroyers. 21:31.033 --> 21:36.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% And they were... 21:33.533 --> 21:38.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% It was just covered with ships. 21:35.500 --> 21:39.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> We interrupt our program to 21:36.800 --> 21:41.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% bring you a special broadcast. 21:38.066 --> 21:42.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> Eisenhower's headquarters 21:39.033 --> 21:43.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% announces Allies land in France. 21:41.000 --> 21:44.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% >> This is D-day. 21:42.133 --> 21:46.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> Allied troops began landing 21:43.500 --> 21:48.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% on the northern coast of France 21:44.900 --> 21:52.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% this morning, strongly supported 21:46.666 --> 21:54.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% by naval and air forces. 21:48.366 --> 21:57.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> My LST was just loaded with 21:52.266 --> 21:58.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% wounded soldiers, 21:54.700 --> 22:00.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% and the tank deck was full of 21:57.333 --> 22:03.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% cots. 21:58.100 --> 22:05.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> A landing was made this 22:00.133 --> 22:07.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% morning on the coast of France. 22:03.433 --> 22:09.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> When you think about it, an 22:05.300 --> 22:11.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% entrenched enemy and pillboxes 22:07.233 --> 22:14.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% looking down on the beach with 22:09.666 --> 22:14.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% machine guns and cannon -- 22:11.800 --> 22:18.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% and those soldiers crossed that 22:14.366 --> 22:20.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% beach. 22:14.933 --> 22:21.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% It took an awful lot of guts. 22:18.333 --> 22:23.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> The British-American landing 22:20.000 --> 22:25.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% operations against the western 22:21.633 --> 22:27.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% coast of Europe from the sea and 22:23.366 --> 22:28.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% from the air are stretching over 22:25.533 --> 22:30.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% the entire area between 22:27.200 --> 22:33.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% Cherbourg and Le Havre. 22:28.833 --> 22:35.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% [ Dramatic music plays ] 22:30.733 --> 22:37.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> Today, a museum dedicated to 22:33.100 --> 22:41.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% the Utah Beach landings stands 22:35.400 --> 22:43.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% just off one of the key exits 22:37.633 --> 22:45.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% soldiers took on June 6, 1944, 22:41.433 --> 22:47.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% to move inland from the beach. 22:43.600 --> 22:48.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% The Utah Beach Museum, built 22:45.333 --> 22:50.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% from an old German bunker that 22:47.133 --> 22:50.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% faced out towards 22:48.300 --> 22:53.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% the English Channel, was the 22:50.000 --> 22:55.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% vision of 22:50.733 --> 22:56.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Michel de Vallavieille, wounded 22:53.166 --> 22:59.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% on D-day as a teenager during 22:55.500 --> 22:59.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% the fight around his 22:56.600 --> 22:59.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% family-owned Récourt Manor. 23:06.566 --> 23:11.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:2.5% ♪ 23:10.266 --> 23:13.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% At about the same time the 23:11.900 --> 23:15.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:55% landings were going on 23:13.300 --> 23:16.833 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% at Utah Beach, 30 miles to the 23:15.133 --> 23:18.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% east, two American divisions 23:16.833 --> 23:20.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% were also coming ashore 23:18.300 --> 23:23.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% on Omaha Beach to secure that 23:20.433 --> 23:25.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% part of the Normandy coast. 23:23.633 --> 23:27.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:52.5% Walter Szura was with 23:25.333 --> 23:29.266 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% the 1st Infantry Division. 23:27.333 --> 23:31.266 align:start position:10% line:10% size:55% Mort Caplin was a Navy 23:29.266 --> 23:33.666 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% beachmaster tasked with 23:31.266 --> 23:33.666 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:40% traffic control. 23:33.900 --> 23:40.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% The eastern end of Omaha was 23:36.066 --> 23:40.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% the responsibility of 23:37.766 --> 23:40.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65% the 1st Infantry Division. 23:47.500 --> 23:49.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% >> Yeah, it scared you. 23:48.666 --> 23:49.966 align:start position:10% line:10% size:37.5% You tighten up, 23:49.233 --> 23:51.200 align:start position:10% line:10% size:55% but you don't think... 23:49.966 --> 23:53.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:60% I didn't think about it. 23:51.200 --> 23:53.233 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:77.5% I says, "What happens happens." 23:56.600 --> 24:03.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> Several hundred yards of open 23:58.200 --> 24:06.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% beach and murderous German fire 24:00.866 --> 24:10.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% awaited their arrival. 24:03.500 --> 24:12.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> A lot of firing. 24:06.600 --> 24:13.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% Ships, planes -- strafing. 24:10.900 --> 24:14.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% Well, how are you going to 24:12.433 --> 24:16.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% explain it? 24:13.200 --> 24:16.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% And machine guns 24:14.233 --> 24:16.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:55% coming from the beach. 24:21.266 --> 24:24.733 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% >> Climbing across little 24:22.900 --> 24:26.266 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% fences, things of that sort. 24:24.733 --> 24:28.400 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% There was something in the 24:26.266 --> 24:29.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% water, bodies, which had been 24:28.400 --> 24:33.700 align:start position:10% line:10% size:35% cut in pieces. 24:29.566 --> 24:35.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% >> I saw a lot of bombardment 24:33.700 --> 24:35.900 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:35% on this shore. 24:36.133 --> 24:44.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% And after the second day, 24:39.400 --> 24:47.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% we served as a hospital ship 24:42.900 --> 24:47.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% and carried casualties off of 24:44.566 --> 24:47.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% this beach into London, England. 24:54.200 --> 24:59.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> Then there was a cement wall. 24:56.200 --> 25:00.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% When you hit the beach, is the 24:58.100 --> 25:02.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% cement wall still there, 24:59.700 --> 25:04.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% part of a cement wall? 25:00.900 --> 25:06.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% Lot of us guys hid there. 25:02.666 --> 25:08.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% We were lined up in there. 25:04.500 --> 25:10.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% And that's where I headed for. 25:06.200 --> 25:12.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> Today, a monument to 25:08.166 --> 25:17.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% the 1st Infantry Division's 25:10.466 --> 25:19.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% heroism stands guard over the 25:12.933 --> 25:21.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% eastern end of Omaha Beach. 25:17.400 --> 25:23.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Nearby, the remnants of several 25:19.333 --> 25:25.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% German bunkers and machine gun 25:21.233 --> 25:25.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% nests stare coldly back at this 25:23.166 --> 25:25.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:45% part of the beach. 25:31.233 --> 25:34.033 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:2.5% ♪ 25:38.000 --> 25:41.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:52.5% On the western end of 25:39.333 --> 25:43.100 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% Omaha Beach, the fighting was 25:41.166 --> 25:44.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% just as fierce as it was on the 25:43.100 --> 25:46.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:30% eastern end. 25:44.000 --> 25:48.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:35% Hal Baumgarten 25:46.300 --> 25:53.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% of the 29th Infantry Division 25:48.233 --> 25:53.333 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:77.5% came ashore in the second wave. 25:53.566 --> 25:58.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% The inexperienced 29th fought 25:55.566 --> 26:01.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% their way in just below the 25:57.500 --> 26:01.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% French village of 25:58.800 --> 26:01.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:45% Vierville-sur-Mer. 26:04.533 --> 26:10.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% Crossing 300 yards of open beach 26:06.766 --> 26:12.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% was the challenge facing 26:08.566 --> 26:15.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% Baumgarten and his fellow 26:10.433 --> 26:15.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% soldiers on their preassigned 26:12.533 --> 26:15.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:55% landing zone on Omaha. 26:21.233 --> 26:23.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% >> I got shot in the rifle. 26:23.366 --> 26:26.500 align:start position:10% line:10% size:30% It vibrated. 26:25.133 --> 26:29.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:47.5% I turned it around. 26:26.500 --> 26:31.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% My seven bullets in the magazine 26:29.166 --> 26:31.633 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:55% section saved my life. 26:31.866 --> 26:38.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% And so I didn't get wounded 26:33.566 --> 26:41.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% until... after I hit the ground, 26:36.400 --> 26:43.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% I looked up at the pillbox 26:38.866 --> 26:44.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% number 73 on the right flank, 26:41.600 --> 26:46.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% and an 88 went off 26:43.000 --> 26:48.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% in front of me. 26:44.200 --> 26:50.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% Ripped this cheek off. 26:46.133 --> 26:53.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% Ripped the upper jaw off. 26:48.700 --> 26:56.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% Hole in the roof of the mouth. 26:50.733 --> 26:56.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Teeth and gums on my tongue. 26:53.333 --> 26:56.200 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% [ Somber music playing ] 27:09.033 --> 27:13.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% >> The men had not seen combat 27:11.033 --> 27:15.500 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% yet, and consequently, you know, 27:13.233 --> 27:18.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% they had that innocent... 27:15.500 --> 27:21.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:52.5% innocent high morale, 27:18.900 --> 27:22.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% and exceptional training, and if 27:21.133 --> 27:24.033 align:start position:10% line:10% size:50% anybody could do it, 27:22.633 --> 27:24.033 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:52.5% they knew they could. 27:24.266 --> 27:31.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% And it was interesting because 27:25.833 --> 27:32.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% they combined that rawness with 27:29.500 --> 27:34.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% their planning partner to the 27:31.000 --> 27:34.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% east, the 1st Infantry Division, 27:32.633 --> 27:36.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% which was exactly the opposite, 27:34.166 --> 27:37.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% and... 27:34.633 --> 27:40.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% You know, they had already been 27:36.200 --> 27:42.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% in two amphibious assaults and 27:37.733 --> 27:43.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% were highly, highly experienced. 27:40.266 --> 27:45.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% And so it was a good combination 27:42.133 --> 27:46.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% of the two units because they 27:43.833 --> 27:49.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% brought two different 27:45.166 --> 27:49.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% perspectives to the whole 27:46.666 --> 27:49.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:25% operation. 27:56.233 --> 28:00.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> All these guys that you knew 27:57.733 --> 28:01.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% as your friends -- you trained 27:59.266 --> 28:03.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% with them -- and there they're 28:00.866 --> 28:05.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% laying dead. 28:01.600 --> 28:08.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% When I look at Dog Green sector, 28:03.800 --> 28:11.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% I see all the bodies. 28:05.366 --> 28:13.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% It's... 28:08.133 --> 28:16.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% So, it's kind of sad each time. 28:11.166 --> 28:19.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% For example, on Dog Green 28:13.700 --> 28:22.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% sector, you know, we lost 85% 28:16.600 --> 28:22.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% casualties in the first 15 28:19.000 --> 28:22.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:20% minutes. 28:28.466 --> 28:34.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> As is the case on the eastern 28:30.400 --> 28:36.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% end of Omaha, time stands still 28:32.333 --> 28:38.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% on this part of the beach, with 28:34.266 --> 28:40.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% German gun emplacements and 28:36.000 --> 28:40.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% bunkers still intertwined 28:38.033 --> 28:40.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:47.5% with the landscape. 29:05.233 --> 29:09.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:2.5% ♪ 29:07.166 --> 29:11.766 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% While the Americans fought their 29:09.566 --> 29:13.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% way ashore on Omaha and Utah, 29:11.766 --> 29:16.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% over on Gold Beach, the British 29:13.933 --> 29:16.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% began to land close to 7:30 that 29:16.166 --> 29:19.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:20% morning. 29:16.933 --> 29:21.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% Frank Amalfatano was an American 29:19.233 --> 29:23.533 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% assigned to a landing craft 29:21.233 --> 29:26.366 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% responsible for bringing British 29:23.533 --> 29:26.366 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:57.5% troops into Gold Beach. 29:34.300 --> 29:38.866 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% >> Well, I can remember, in 29:36.466 --> 29:41.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% front of us was a big hill. 29:38.866 --> 29:46.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% Then there was a lot of 29:41.300 --> 29:46.000 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:72.5% resistance up in front of us. 29:46.233 --> 29:52.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% And then we got into trouble 29:48.333 --> 29:55.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% that the soldiers didn't want to 29:50.733 --> 29:59.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% get out of the boats. 29:52.433 --> 30:02.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% We used some rough language, but 29:55.533 --> 30:04.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% then we finally got them off. 29:59.966 --> 30:06.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:2.5% ♪ 30:02.966 --> 30:09.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> Within range of Gold Beach 30:04.400 --> 30:11.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% and Frank Amalfatano's British 30:06.733 --> 30:11.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% troops were the large German gun 30:09.233 --> 30:11.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% emplacements at Longues-sur-Mer. 30:16.266 --> 30:24.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> And there was a lot of 30:18.766 --> 30:26.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% booming, banging going on. 30:21.433 --> 30:29.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% And I... 30:24.166 --> 30:32.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% think to myself that we were 30:26.500 --> 30:36.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% 18 years old, and we didn't know 30:29.166 --> 30:38.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% what the heck we were doing 30:32.300 --> 30:40.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% and what was going on. 30:36.066 --> 30:41.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> By 6:20 that morning, three 30:38.066 --> 30:43.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% of the four long-range guns had 30:40.100 --> 30:46.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% been knocked out by British 30:41.933 --> 30:48.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% naval fire. 30:43.966 --> 30:48.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% The fourth would not be silenced 30:46.233 --> 30:48.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65% and captured until June 7. 31:00.433 --> 31:06.366 align:start position:10% line:10% size:2.5% ♪ 31:04.133 --> 31:08.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% Roughly halfway between Omaha 31:06.366 --> 31:10.666 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% and Utah Beach in the American 31:08.166 --> 31:13.666 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% sector lies the 100-foot-high 31:10.666 --> 31:15.400 align:start position:10% line:10% size:60% cliffs of Pointe du Hoc. 31:13.666 --> 31:18.100 align:start position:10% line:10% size:52.5% George Klein was with 31:15.400 --> 31:18.100 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:62.5% the 2nd Ranger Battalion. 31:18.333 --> 31:26.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> And in the end of March of 31:21.766 --> 31:28.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% '43, they asked for volunteers 31:24.300 --> 31:33.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% to join the 2nd Ranger 31:26.433 --> 31:35.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% Battalion, 31:28.566 --> 31:37.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% for which I volunteered. 31:33.100 --> 31:38.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% And seeing as I was a graduate 31:35.433 --> 31:39.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% [ Chuckles ] of the 2nd Army 31:37.200 --> 31:43.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% Ranger School, I became 31:38.866 --> 31:46.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% company commander 31:39.966 --> 31:47.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% [ Chuckles ] of Fox Company of 31:43.233 --> 31:50.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% the 2nd Ranger Battalion. 31:46.400 --> 31:51.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> Klein was prepared for his 31:47.966 --> 31:53.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% mission. 31:50.366 --> 31:55.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> Immediately before and after 31:51.900 --> 31:57.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% D-day, the Allied air effort was 31:53.833 --> 31:58.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% concentrated against military 31:55.300 --> 31:58.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% and communications targets in 31:57.066 --> 32:00.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% northern France and the 31:58.166 --> 32:01.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% lowlands. 31:58.700 --> 32:04.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% Direct hits are scored 32:00.133 --> 32:07.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% on the target. 32:01.100 --> 32:08.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> On D-day, George Klein and 32:04.666 --> 32:10.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% 224 of his fellow Rangers were 32:07.300 --> 32:12.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% facing what was considered to be 32:08.866 --> 32:14.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% a suicide mission -- 32:10.100 --> 32:19.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% climbing the cliffs under German 32:12.533 --> 32:20.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% fire to eliminate six big guns 32:14.833 --> 32:22.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% believed to be on the Pointe. 32:19.066 --> 32:23.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% The mission was called the most 32:20.900 --> 32:25.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% important on D-day by 32:22.233 --> 32:27.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% Supreme Allied Commander 32:23.733 --> 32:29.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% Dwight D. Eisenhower, as the 32:25.700 --> 32:34.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% enemy cannons had Utah and Omaha 32:27.866 --> 32:34.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Beach and the ships in the 32:29.733 --> 32:34.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% English Channel within range. 32:34.266 --> 32:38.266 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% Thanks to the air force prior to 32:36.400 --> 32:40.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% D-day and then shelling by 32:38.266 --> 32:42.366 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% Allied ships in the Channel on 32:40.333 --> 32:45.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% June 6, the Pointe is forever 32:42.366 --> 32:45.933 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:72.5% scarred with massive craters. 32:49.066 --> 32:55.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% >> What I really wanted to see 32:52.266 --> 32:59.266 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% was whether or not time has 32:55.166 --> 33:02.266 align:start position:10% line:10% size:60% worked its...its wonders 32:59.266 --> 33:02.266 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:42.5% on the landscape. 33:02.500 --> 33:08.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% And it has. 33:03.533 --> 33:10.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% I mean, it looks a lot 33:05.366 --> 33:12.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% different. 33:08.066 --> 33:14.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> Decades later, 2nd Ranger 33:10.066 --> 33:16.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% George Klein has returned to 33:12.066 --> 33:19.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% bomb- and artillery-pocked 33:14.000 --> 33:21.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% Pointe du Hoc. 33:16.766 --> 33:23.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:2.5% ♪ 33:19.300 --> 33:26.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% Returning to Pointe du Hoc opens 33:21.566 --> 33:26.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% up a reservoir of memories and 33:23.700 --> 33:26.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% vivid recollections about D-day. 33:29.200 --> 33:38.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> We knew that this was not 33:32.800 --> 33:40.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% going to be anything like 33:34.466 --> 33:41.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% training. 33:38.133 --> 33:43.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% He's the one who saved us. 33:40.033 --> 33:45.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> On this day on top of 33:41.866 --> 33:47.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% Pointe du Hoc, 33:43.033 --> 33:49.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% Ranger George Klein finds 33:45.166 --> 33:50.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% John Siewert. 33:47.266 --> 33:52.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> Here comes my lifesaver. 33:49.200 --> 33:53.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% >> George? 33:50.166 --> 33:56.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% >> Yeah. 33:52.966 --> 33:58.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% >> Pleasure. 33:53.900 --> 33:59.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% >> My pleasure. 33:56.700 --> 34:00.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:7.5% Ah. 33:58.666 --> 34:00.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% You remember what we... 33:59.666 --> 34:00.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65% You remember what you did? 34:00.933 --> 34:02.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:27.5% >> Oh, yes. 34:01.700 --> 34:02.966 align:start position:10% line:10% size:17.5% >> Huh? 34:02.300 --> 34:04.033 align:start position:10% line:10% size:17.5% >> Yes. 34:02.966 --> 34:05.733 align:start position:10% line:10% size:37.5% >> You do, huh? 34:04.033 --> 34:07.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% You knocked the hell out of that 34:05.733 --> 34:07.433 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:42.5% machine-gun nest. 34:07.666 --> 34:14.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% Took care of an antiaircraft 34:09.766 --> 34:15.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% battery gun. 34:12.633 --> 34:17.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> We used everything we had 34:14.266 --> 34:20.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% that first day. 34:15.266 --> 34:22.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> Siewert was a helmsman on the 34:17.500 --> 34:24.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% USS Satterlee on D-Day. 34:20.166 --> 34:25.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% The Satterlee saw the struggles 34:22.400 --> 34:27.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% of the 2nd Rangers in getting up 34:24.533 --> 34:29.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% the cliffs. 34:25.700 --> 34:31.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% The destroyer pulled to within 34:27.333 --> 34:35.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% 400 yards of the Pointe and 34:29.566 --> 34:37.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% pounded German positions. 34:31.300 --> 34:39.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> I was telling somebody if... 34:35.233 --> 34:41.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% any commander had the guts 34:37.966 --> 34:42.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% to bring his ship within 34:39.133 --> 34:44.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% 400 yards of the shore today, 34:41.233 --> 34:47.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% he'd be court-martialed. 34:42.800 --> 34:49.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% [ Chuckles ] 34:44.933 --> 34:50.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% But...it was wonderful seeing 34:47.833 --> 34:53.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% them there. 34:49.200 --> 34:53.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% >> Yeah. 34:50.666 --> 34:53.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 34:55.266 --> 35:00.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> We were getting grenades 34:57.233 --> 35:02.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% thrown at us. 34:58.400 --> 35:04.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% We were shooting up at whatever 35:00.666 --> 35:06.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% we could see up here, whether we 35:02.933 --> 35:09.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% could see anybody or not, 35:04.766 --> 35:11.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% until the fellas started going 35:06.966 --> 35:14.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% up the cliff. 35:09.533 --> 35:14.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% The climb, even with a ladder, 35:11.300 --> 35:14.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:42.5% was pretty tough. 35:20.800 --> 35:30.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% As we got up here, there were no 35:25.600 --> 35:33.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Germans in sight except the few 35:28.133 --> 35:35.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% who were lying on the ground, 35:30.466 --> 35:38.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% and some of the Rangers were 35:33.433 --> 35:38.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% already on the ground -- 35:35.866 --> 35:38.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:40% wounded or dead. 35:44.166 --> 35:50.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% We were running as...not as 35:47.266 --> 35:53.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% Fox Company. 35:48.966 --> 35:56.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% We were running as individuals. 35:50.666 --> 35:58.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% And I think that every... 35:53.300 --> 35:59.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% I know that every single Ranger 35:56.466 --> 36:01.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% knew exactly what we were 35:58.300 --> 36:02.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% supposed to do. 35:59.533 --> 36:04.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% We knew what our mission was, 36:01.433 --> 36:07.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% and it didn't make any 36:02.900 --> 36:09.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% difference whether it was being 36:04.066 --> 36:12.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% led by a company commander, 36:07.900 --> 36:17.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% a platoon leader, a platoon 36:09.966 --> 36:19.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% sergeant, or a PFC. 36:12.166 --> 36:21.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% The mission was... 36:17.633 --> 36:21.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% mission was the same. 36:19.666 --> 36:21.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 36:31.966 --> 36:38.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% >> We could see 36:33.700 --> 36:39.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% the observation bunker, and 36:36.200 --> 36:42.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% that was the only way we were 36:38.200 --> 36:44.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% able to locate the various gun 36:39.633 --> 36:46.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% positions because our gun 36:42.033 --> 36:48.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% position was the farthest south. 36:44.166 --> 36:50.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% We had guns number one and guns 36:46.533 --> 36:53.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% number two were our mission, 36:48.300 --> 36:56.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% along with the machine-gun nest 36:50.266 --> 36:56.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% that was behind them. 36:53.200 --> 36:56.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 36:57.900 --> 37:03.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> For the first time since 36:59.800 --> 37:04.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% D-day, 2nd Ranger George Klein 37:02.033 --> 37:06.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% finds himself approaching 37:03.866 --> 37:10.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% Pointe du Hoc 37:04.966 --> 37:12.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% via the English Channel. 37:06.766 --> 37:15.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% The memories of June 6, 1944, 37:10.533 --> 37:18.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% return in waves. 37:12.366 --> 37:22.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> For some reason, down here 37:15.333 --> 37:24.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% it's an easier feeling than it 37:18.633 --> 37:26.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% is up on top. 37:22.300 --> 37:29.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% The memories down here are not 37:24.466 --> 37:31.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% like the memories up there. 37:26.466 --> 37:32.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:2.5% ♪ 37:29.733 --> 37:34.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% From this distance, we were not 37:31.833 --> 37:35.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% shooting back. 37:32.933 --> 37:37.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Can't see anything to shoot at. 37:34.766 --> 37:38.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% I don't know what... 37:35.700 --> 37:40.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% If I look up there, I don't know 37:37.233 --> 37:41.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% if those are people or if that's 37:38.966 --> 37:43.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% bushes and so forth. 37:40.133 --> 37:45.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% And that's what we saw. 37:41.800 --> 37:46.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% As we got closer, then it was 37:43.466 --> 37:50.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% a little bit different because 37:45.200 --> 37:52.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% then we could start shooting 37:46.466 --> 37:54.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% back. 37:50.700 --> 37:56.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% Those things look... 37:52.200 --> 37:58.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% They look as tall as they did 37:54.266 --> 38:00.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% before, and as I said, the 37:56.400 --> 38:02.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% closer you get, the taller they 37:58.766 --> 38:04.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% get. 38:00.500 --> 38:06.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> It turns out the guns 38:02.266 --> 38:07.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% the 2nd Rangers had been after 38:04.400 --> 38:09.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% had been moved inland to a 38:06.300 --> 38:11.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% nearby apple orchard. 38:07.866 --> 38:13.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% Eventually, they were discovered 38:09.933 --> 38:16.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% and taken out, completing the 38:11.866 --> 38:20.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% Rangers' original D-day mission. 38:13.933 --> 38:21.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% Of the 225 Rangers assigned 38:16.400 --> 38:22.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% the mission, 135 were dead or 38:20.000 --> 38:24.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% wounded after two days of 38:21.700 --> 38:24.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% battle. 38:22.300 --> 38:24.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 38:27.533 --> 38:35.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% Today, a monument on top of 38:29.733 --> 38:35.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Pointe du Hoc recognizes the 38:32.066 --> 38:35.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% Rangers' courage and sacrifice. 38:40.933 --> 38:44.033 align:start position:10% line:10% size:2.5% ♪ 38:42.000 --> 38:45.600 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% Back behind Utah Beach, another 38:44.033 --> 38:46.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:42.5% fight was raging. 38:45.600 --> 38:48.366 align:start position:10% line:10% size:37.5% Just outside of 38:46.333 --> 38:50.066 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% Sainte-Mère-Eglise in the tiny 38:48.366 --> 38:51.866 align:start position:10% line:10% size:47.5% hamlet of La Fière, 38:50.066 --> 38:54.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% Ted Morgan, a medic in the 38:51.866 --> 38:55.500 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% American 82nd Airborne Division, 38:54.000 --> 38:57.400 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% found himself right in the 38:55.500 --> 38:57.400 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:70% middle of the fierce battle. 38:57.633 --> 39:02.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% La Fière and this bridge 38:59.133 --> 39:04.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% and causeway along 39:00.466 --> 39:06.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% the Merderet River had become 39:02.333 --> 39:06.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% some of the most important 39:04.033 --> 39:06.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% real estate in Normandy. 39:06.533 --> 39:11.600 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% >> I think we had to be there on 39:08.600 --> 39:14.533 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% the scene to understand what a 39:11.600 --> 39:16.466 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% major objective that was. 39:14.533 --> 39:18.400 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% >> Where the Germans were trying 39:16.466 --> 39:19.833 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% to get across and we were trying 39:18.400 --> 39:19.833 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:45% to push them back. 39:20.066 --> 39:24.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> The Germans needed the 39:21.033 --> 39:26.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% 1,600-foot-long causeway to send 39:23.500 --> 39:27.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% reinforcements towards 39:24.733 --> 39:29.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% Utah Beach and the American 39:26.566 --> 39:31.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% landings there. 39:27.666 --> 39:33.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% The 82nd Airborne was fighting 39:29.600 --> 39:35.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% to prevent that from happening. 39:31.566 --> 39:37.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> Because that was the major 39:33.233 --> 39:40.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% bridge over which the Germans 39:35.566 --> 39:42.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% could send in reinforcements, 39:37.933 --> 39:42.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% and they weren't able to do that 39:40.500 --> 39:42.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% once we secured the bridge. 39:43.200 --> 39:46.266 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% >> I've heard it described as 39:44.800 --> 39:47.633 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% one of the most important 39:46.266 --> 39:48.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% battles of the Normandy 39:47.633 --> 39:49.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:22.5% campaign. 39:48.333 --> 39:49.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% And they lost quite a few 39:49.566 --> 39:49.900 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:17.5% people. 39:50.133 --> 39:58.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> There was artillery fire, 39:52.366 --> 39:59.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% small-arms fire. 39:55.366 --> 40:01.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:2.5% ♪ 39:58.166 --> 40:04.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> Disabled German tanks 39:59.733 --> 40:07.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% symbolize the fierce fight going 40:01.766 --> 40:07.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% on to hold the bridge. 40:04.800 --> 40:09.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> With their weaponry, they had 40:07.200 --> 40:11.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% a... 40:07.766 --> 40:12.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% This 88 was just an amazing 40:09.833 --> 40:13.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% weapon. 40:11.233 --> 40:16.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% We had to be covered. 40:12.433 --> 40:19.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% We had to take cover. 40:13.633 --> 40:21.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% But eventually, with the 40:16.066 --> 40:23.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% reinforcements, with tank 40:19.200 --> 40:24.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% reinforcements from the beach, 40:21.566 --> 40:26.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% we were able to secure the 40:23.433 --> 40:27.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% bridge. 40:24.133 --> 40:29.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% But it took two or three days to 40:26.133 --> 40:31.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% do that. 40:27.466 --> 40:33.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% It wasn't a simple task. 40:29.300 --> 40:34.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> The fields surrounding the 40:31.100 --> 40:37.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% causeway had all been flooded by 40:33.066 --> 40:39.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% the Germans to prevent 40:34.666 --> 40:40.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% paratrooper and glider landings. 40:37.766 --> 40:41.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> Some of our men became 40:39.300 --> 40:44.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% casualties. 40:40.100 --> 40:46.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% They drowned in the water that 40:41.866 --> 40:47.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% had flooded the fields. 40:44.200 --> 40:50.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> The destruction of the local 40:46.333 --> 40:50.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% manor and the surrounding 40:47.533 --> 40:50.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% buildings was extensive. 40:52.300 --> 40:57.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% Across the causeway on the 40:54.033 --> 40:58.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% German side, the ancient church 40:56.166 --> 41:00.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% in the hamlet of Cauquigny 40:57.900 --> 41:02.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% was leveled. 40:58.900 --> 41:04.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% The entire area had become the 41:00.933 --> 41:06.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% focus of a fight that may very 41:02.866 --> 41:09.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% well determine the success or 41:04.766 --> 41:12.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% failure of the Utah Beach 41:06.466 --> 41:15.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% landings. 41:09.866 --> 41:17.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> There was one of our troopers 41:12.533 --> 41:18.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% injured on the side of a road 41:15.033 --> 41:20.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% going to the bridge. 41:17.233 --> 41:23.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% I remember taking care of 41:18.800 --> 41:25.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% him, and while I was taking 41:20.933 --> 41:28.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% care of him, there was a German 41:23.266 --> 41:29.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% tank coming toward us. 41:25.033 --> 41:30.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% And he kept saying, "Morgan! 41:28.033 --> 41:31.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% There's a tank out there! 41:29.233 --> 41:34.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% There's a German tank 41:30.333 --> 41:36.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% coming toward us!" 41:31.600 --> 41:38.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% And I wasn't about to leave him. 41:34.600 --> 41:39.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% I couldn't carry him. 41:36.133 --> 41:41.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% And I just didn't pay much 41:38.300 --> 41:44.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% attention. 41:39.333 --> 41:47.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% And all of a sudden, the tank 41:41.700 --> 41:49.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% drew up beside us, and a German 41:44.766 --> 41:51.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% head popped out of the turret. 41:47.733 --> 41:52.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% He looked down at us, and the 41:49.533 --> 41:54.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% casualty -- he says, "They're 41:51.333 --> 41:56.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% going to kill us, Morgan. 41:52.900 --> 41:57.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% They're going to kill us both." 41:54.800 --> 41:59.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% All of a sudden, the head went 41:56.833 --> 42:01.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% back down. 41:57.733 --> 42:04.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% The tank cover closed. 41:59.300 --> 42:05.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% The tank took off up the road... 42:01.666 --> 42:07.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% which was probably a miracle, 42:04.166 --> 42:10.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% I guess. 42:05.666 --> 42:10.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% But that was... 42:07.066 --> 42:10.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% I remember that vividly. 42:13.166 --> 42:18.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> Finally, on June 9, after 42:15.066 --> 42:20.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% three days of savage fighting 42:17.133 --> 42:25.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% and hundreds of casualties, 42:18.900 --> 42:27.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% La Fière and Cauquigny were in 42:20.800 --> 42:29.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% the American hands. 42:25.066 --> 42:31.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% Today, a monument to the fight 42:27.366 --> 42:33.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% stands near the Merderet River 42:29.266 --> 42:35.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% just yards away from the bridge. 42:31.333 --> 42:38.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% It features an Airborne 42:33.166 --> 42:38.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% paratrooper, referred to as 42:35.233 --> 42:38.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:25% Iron Mike. 42:48.300 --> 42:52.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:2.5% ♪ 42:49.833 --> 42:53.700 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% 22 miles away from La Fière 42:52.166 --> 42:54.700 align:start position:10% line:10% size:52.5% is the French village 42:53.700 --> 42:56.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:30% of La Cambe. 42:54.700 --> 42:59.400 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% La Cambe is inland near the 42:56.933 --> 43:01.666 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% ancient French town of Bayeux 42:59.400 --> 43:01.666 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:77.5% and behind the Omaha beachhead. 43:01.900 --> 43:04.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 43:06.600 --> 43:14.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Just outside of the village can 43:08.900 --> 43:14.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% be found over 21,000 German war 43:11.233 --> 43:14.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% dead from the fight in Normandy. 43:18.400 --> 43:24.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% The German cemetery here is a 43:20.433 --> 43:26.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% quiet and somber place... 43:22.166 --> 43:29.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% men and young boys who died 43:24.400 --> 43:29.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% because of Adolf Hitler's 43:26.466 --> 43:29.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:47.5% vision for Germany. 43:32.666 --> 43:40.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> [ German accent ] He managed 43:35.900 --> 43:41.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% to call upon some 43:37.900 --> 43:44.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% nationalist ideas. 43:40.000 --> 43:46.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% You know, there was 43:41.733 --> 43:46.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% a First World War, which the 43:44.266 --> 43:46.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:32.5% Germans lost. 43:46.866 --> 43:55.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% But the general feeling was that 43:52.300 --> 43:55.333 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:72.5% we had been unjustly treated. 43:55.566 --> 44:05.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% So he was welcomed by the 43:58.600 --> 44:06.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% majority as a leader who takes 44:02.300 --> 44:09.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% us out of that misery after this 44:05.000 --> 44:13.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% First World War. 44:06.533 --> 44:16.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% And by the time some people 44:09.700 --> 44:19.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% became aware which way he was 44:13.033 --> 44:22.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% going to lead us, he had enough 44:16.600 --> 44:22.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% power so the resistance was very 44:19.633 --> 44:22.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:55% difficult to organize. 44:25.800 --> 44:33.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> One German soldier that I was 44:28.333 --> 44:34.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% treating hauled out a wallet 44:30.733 --> 44:36.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% and took a photograph out. 44:33.066 --> 44:37.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% And it was of his family -- 44:34.866 --> 44:40.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% his wife and kids 44:36.333 --> 44:42.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% back in Germany. 44:37.900 --> 44:44.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% And I thought then, and I, to 44:40.333 --> 44:46.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% this day, I felt sorry for him. 44:42.933 --> 44:47.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% He didn't want to be there. 44:44.933 --> 44:49.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% You know, he was forced to be 44:46.800 --> 44:51.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% there. 44:47.400 --> 44:54.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% And here he is seriously 44:49.666 --> 44:54.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% wounded. 44:51.933 --> 44:54.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 45:06.533 --> 45:09.433 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:2.5% ♪ 45:14.366 --> 45:19.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> About 10 miles from the 45:16.066 --> 45:21.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% German cemetery, at La Cambe, 45:18.066 --> 45:23.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% outside of the village of 45:19.833 --> 45:24.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% Colleville-sur-Mer and rising 45:21.800 --> 45:28.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% above the cliffs overlooking 45:23.733 --> 45:28.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% Omaha Beach is 45:24.866 --> 45:28.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% the Normandy American Cemetery. 45:32.533 --> 45:39.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% Over 9,300 white crosses and 45:34.800 --> 45:42.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Stars of David mark the resting 45:37.366 --> 45:44.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% place of American soldiers -- 45:39.633 --> 45:46.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% fathers, sons, brothers, 45:42.333 --> 45:49.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% and husbands who also died in 45:44.800 --> 45:51.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% the fight for Normandy, 45:46.733 --> 45:54.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% many on D-day. 45:49.433 --> 45:54.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% It is meticulously cared for 45:51.566 --> 45:54.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:35% by the French. 46:02.400 --> 46:08.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> I'd like to say it's a very 46:04.766 --> 46:11.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% peaceful place. 46:07.066 --> 46:14.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% But it certainly isn't the 46:08.333 --> 46:17.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% result of peaceful...in the way 46:11.766 --> 46:17.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% it is so meticulously 46:14.933 --> 46:17.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:22.5% laid out. 46:19.333 --> 46:23.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:50% It's...row upon row. 46:26.466 --> 46:35.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% Such a waste. 46:30.000 --> 46:36.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% If there's such a thing 46:31.300 --> 46:39.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% as a waste for a good cause, 46:35.100 --> 46:39.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% this is... 46:36.700 --> 46:39.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% this is what it looks like. 46:40.966 --> 46:45.000 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:15% And... 46:45.233 --> 46:58.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% Anybody who thinks that... 46:52.833 --> 47:00.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% war is glorified 46:56.733 --> 47:03.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% should come here and spend 46:58.633 --> 47:03.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% some time. 47:00.533 --> 47:03.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 47:18.466 --> 47:25.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% He was a good soldier. 47:21.166 --> 47:27.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% He was a rifleman. 47:23.366 --> 47:30.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% Uh... 47:25.600 --> 47:33.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% He was killed about 30 feet 47:27.900 --> 47:35.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% away from me 47:30.366 --> 47:35.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% by a sniper. 47:33.033 --> 47:35.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 47:45.500 --> 47:51.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% I'm not a hero. 47:46.700 --> 47:54.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% Those are the heroes. 47:48.333 --> 47:56.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% So, when they say... 47:51.733 --> 47:58.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% I have a hard time responding 47:54.100 --> 48:00.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% to "Thank you for your service" 47:56.366 --> 48:01.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% because...thank them 47:58.233 --> 48:02.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% for their service. 48:00.500 --> 48:05.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% I'm here. 48:01.566 --> 48:09.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% And they... 48:02.833 --> 48:11.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% Their young lives ended 48:05.033 --> 48:17.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% a long time ago. 48:09.533 --> 48:18.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% I remember some of the good 48:11.333 --> 48:22.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% times we had, and... 48:17.700 --> 48:22.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% I hope they're enjoying 48:18.833 --> 48:22.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:30% their sleep. 48:22.233 --> 48:24.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 48:48.066 --> 48:53.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% Bonjour. 48:51.300 --> 48:54.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% Hello. 48:52.233 --> 48:55.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% Comment allez-vous? 48:53.833 --> 48:56.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> They just wanted 48:54.700 --> 48:58.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% to thank you. 48:55.600 --> 48:59.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% >> Thank you. 48:56.933 --> 49:00.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> I think it's wonderful. 48:58.333 --> 49:04.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% I mean, those... 48:59.300 --> 49:07.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% Really, that's tomorrow. 49:00.733 --> 49:10.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% And if they're brought up right 49:04.466 --> 49:10.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% and taught right, I have no fear 49:07.433 --> 49:11.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% for the future of the world 49:10.066 --> 49:12.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% tomorrow. 49:10.800 --> 49:14.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% >> Thank you. 49:11.633 --> 49:17.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% >> Thank you. 49:12.500 --> 49:18.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> [ Speaking indistinctly ] 49:14.300 --> 49:20.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> I'm proud, proud to see that 49:17.600 --> 49:23.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% today. 49:18.600 --> 49:25.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% It's because of what you see 49:20.933 --> 49:28.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% around here -- the crosses and 49:23.400 --> 49:28.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% the Jewish Stars. 49:25.633 --> 49:28.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 49:35.666 --> 49:44.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> Going back there and 49:38.333 --> 49:46.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% standing, you know, beside those 49:41.966 --> 49:49.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% crosses and knowing 49:44.333 --> 49:50.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% who is buried there -- even to 49:46.933 --> 49:53.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% this day, it's heart rendering, 49:49.833 --> 49:55.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% really. 49:50.800 --> 49:56.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% You think of those guys. 49:53.066 --> 49:58.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% You remember them as if it were 49:55.500 --> 50:00.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% yesterday. 49:56.533 --> 50:03.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% It's a sad... 49:58.000 --> 50:05.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% It's a sad occasion just to go 50:00.900 --> 50:05.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% there to visit. 50:03.600 --> 50:05.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 50:14.500 --> 50:22.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% >> I represent them. 50:16.166 --> 50:24.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I'm not sure that's probably the 50:18.666 --> 50:27.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% right term. 50:22.300 --> 50:29.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% Remember them, for sure, 50:24.133 --> 50:30.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% and remember the deeds and... 50:27.200 --> 50:31.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% that -- how they died, 50:29.800 --> 50:35.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% where they died. 50:30.866 --> 50:37.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% Yeah. 50:31.833 --> 50:39.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% They don't grow old like 50:35.400 --> 50:42.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% we grow old. 50:37.233 --> 50:44.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% Forever young. 50:39.733 --> 50:46.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:2.5% ♪ 50:42.566 --> 50:49.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> Yeah, it is the common 50:44.600 --> 50:50.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% sentiment that every man you 50:46.866 --> 50:52.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% take back to Normandy says -- 50:49.233 --> 50:55.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% you know, "The only heroes 50:50.933 --> 50:57.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% are in the cemetery." 50:52.933 --> 50:59.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% And, you know, it's... 50:55.466 --> 51:02.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% It's unspoken, but the 50:57.333 --> 51:04.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% predominant theme when they 50:59.533 --> 51:06.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% return is that it's an honor to 51:02.066 --> 51:08.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% the men who never got a chance 51:04.000 --> 51:08.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% to grow old. 51:06.566 --> 51:08.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 51:21.133 --> 51:23.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 51:47.633 --> 51:51.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> When I got out, I had to go 51:48.933 --> 51:52.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% back to high school, 51:49.900 --> 51:53.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% finish high school, and then I 51:51.266 --> 51:55.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% had to get to college. 51:52.300 --> 51:58.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% And those were the key things 51:53.766 --> 51:59.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% that I needed to do in my life 51:55.266 --> 52:00.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% to get on with it. 51:58.500 --> 52:01.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> The thought never comes to 51:59.466 --> 52:03.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% your mind, "Well, I'm going to 52:00.466 --> 52:05.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% do this because I'm a hero." 52:01.366 --> 52:07.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% It's something you do because 52:03.200 --> 52:09.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% it's what you're trained to do. 52:05.133 --> 52:12.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% It never, ever entered my mind 52:07.833 --> 52:12.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% that I was a hero. 52:09.633 --> 52:12.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 52:21.100 --> 52:26.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% I was just doing what I was 52:22.700 --> 52:27.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% supposed to do, what I was 52:24.333 --> 52:29.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% trained to do. 52:26.333 --> 52:30.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> Well, you were proud of your 52:27.533 --> 52:32.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% outfit 'cause you lived up to 52:29.500 --> 52:35.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% the tradition of the outfit, 52:30.766 --> 52:37.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% you know what I mean? 52:32.633 --> 52:39.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> Satisfaction because we had 52:35.100 --> 52:41.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% accomplished our mission. 52:37.233 --> 52:44.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> If I contributed just a 52:39.566 --> 52:46.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% little bit to the success, 52:41.933 --> 52:47.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% you know, I'm proud of that. 52:44.433 --> 52:49.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> There was no way that I was 52:46.233 --> 52:51.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% going to let my personal 52:47.733 --> 52:53.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% feelings or my fear interfere 52:49.500 --> 52:55.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% with completing the mission that 52:51.433 --> 52:56.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% we were given, and especially if 52:53.266 --> 52:58.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% it had anything to do with my 52:55.066 --> 52:58.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% fellow troopers. 52:56.166 --> 53:00.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% I was not going to let them 52:58.100 --> 53:02.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% down. 52:58.700 --> 53:04.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% The fear of letting them down 53:00.833 --> 53:07.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% was more of a fear than getting 53:02.666 --> 53:10.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% wounded or getting shot. 53:04.900 --> 53:13.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% >> I was proud to be 53:07.800 --> 53:15.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% a military man 53:10.100 --> 53:18.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% during World War II. 53:13.600 --> 53:20.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:2.5% ♪ 53:15.933 --> 53:23.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> I earned one Silver Star, 53:18.900 --> 53:25.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% two Bronze Stars for valor, 53:20.400 --> 53:27.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% and six Purple Hearts. 53:23.500 --> 53:28.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> It was an experience that I 53:25.766 --> 53:30.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% knew would probably be... 53:27.066 --> 53:34.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% The most important thing I did 53:28.300 --> 53:36.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% in my entire life would be part 53:30.500 --> 53:38.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% of that invasion. 53:34.900 --> 53:40.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> The legacy of the men who 53:36.733 --> 53:42.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% fought on D-day and served in 53:38.633 --> 53:43.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% Europe and the Pacific, as my 53:40.533 --> 53:45.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% own father did, still resonates 53:42.566 --> 53:47.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% today. 53:43.833 --> 53:49.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% Their courage, determination, 53:45.733 --> 53:53.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% sacrifice, and belief in their 53:47.933 --> 53:55.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% country and fellow man 53:49.633 --> 53:57.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% is unrivaled in our history. 53:53.233 --> 53:59.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% Despite the passing of my dad 53:55.166 --> 54:01.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% and more and more World War II 53:57.166 --> 54:03.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% veterans each day, I hope what 53:59.200 --> 54:04.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% they humbly accomplished will 54:01.233 --> 54:05.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% always resonate with future 54:03.100 --> 54:07.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% generations. 54:04.100 --> 54:08.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% The men and women 54:05.266 --> 54:09.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% of World War II won as a team, 54:07.133 --> 54:11.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% and that's a lesson 54:08.400 --> 54:13.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% for all of us 54:09.400 --> 54:15.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% as we too try to accomplish 54:11.300 --> 54:17.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% great and noble goals in our 54:13.266 --> 54:21.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% own lives, both personally and 54:15.366 --> 54:23.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% professionally. 54:17.633 --> 54:25.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:2.5% ♪ 54:21.466 --> 54:27.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Men like my father and millions 54:23.666 --> 54:31.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% of others gave so much to make 54:25.833 --> 54:33.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% sure we have that opportunity, 54:27.966 --> 54:35.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% both on June 6, 1944, and during 54:31.133 --> 54:38.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% the other momentous days 54:33.600 --> 54:38.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% of World War II. 54:35.066 --> 54:38.200 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 55:49.733 --> 55:55.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> Funding for this 55:50.833 --> 55:55.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% program provided by... 55:52.900 --> 55:55.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 55:56.600 --> 56:03.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> What's important to me -- and 55:58.766 --> 56:05.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% Jess's dad helped remind me of 56:00.933 --> 56:07.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% that the first year that Jess 56:03.000 --> 56:08.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% worked for us -- one of the best 56:05.233 --> 56:10.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% moments of their life was 56:07.033 --> 56:12.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% when Jess got her first 56:08.200 --> 56:14.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% paycheck, and they went out to 56:10.300 --> 56:15.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% dinner, and this young lady paid 56:12.833 --> 56:16.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% for it. 56:14.700 --> 56:16.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% [ Voice breaks ] 56:15.566 --> 56:16.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60% That's what's important. 56:17.066 --> 56:19.366 align:start position:10% line:15.33% size:2.5% ♪ 56:23.166 --> 56:25.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 56:38.033 --> 56:41.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% >> Additional support 56:39.266 --> 56:41.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:35% provided by... 57:01.333 --> 57:03.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 57:15.666 --> 57:18.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 57:23.666 --> 57:26.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:2.5% ♪ 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