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Invasion of Normandy
‘I Got to the Shore. I Just Laid Down…I Was Scared’

  By Morgan Birck • May 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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Sergio Moirano was part of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division during World War II, and participated in the Allied landing of Utah Beach. Moirano describes his thoughts during the journey across the English Channel and the turbid events that followed after he got off his landing craft–including the decisions he … Continue reading

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Invasion of Normandy
Voices of U.S. Veterans From Virginia

  By Morgan Birck • May 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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World War II veterans discuss D-Day and their experience in the Normandy Invasion. Taken from the documentary Voices of the Veterans, this clip shows several U.S. veterans from a town in Virginia who were in the first wave to land on Omaha Beach.