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June 6: A walk across a beach in Normandy
That is 73 years ago - those who were there would be in their 90s+ There are few of them.
That is 73 years ago - those who were there would be in their 90s+ There are few of them.
Today your job is straightforward. First you must load 40 to 50 pounds on your back. Then you need to climb down a net of rope that is banging on the steel side of a ship and jump into a steel rectangle bobbing on the surface of the ocean below you. Others are already inside the steel boat shouting and urging you to hurry up.
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If you are lucky, very lucky, on that day, you will walk all the way to Germany and the war will be over and you will go home ....