a major act in world history they are closing the bounds to the personal history of some french people here. we will introduce you to the man whose family home in the aftermath of the normandy landings was transformed into a little just of headquarter for the american soldiers. not far from omaha beach is john paul who was on my mom's home he's 89 years old and he still lives there many of his memories come from family stories he was 14 when the d.-day landings happened only a few hours after the allied forces had taken the beaches the americans reached his house which at that time was still occupied by german soldiers. this is where the americans came in and you could hear them quite clearly i think told because of soldiers carry water bottles thinking sound every step.