♪ >> we had no idea what we were going to do or where it would happen, but it was the begi beginning. it was a very decisive battle for us because our mission it was to establish ourselves on the beach. >> we were on that boat, everybody talked about the same thing, helping each other and not getting killed. >> we started up this sandy area and there were hundreds of men inside. >> my father jumped about 1:30 in the morning on june 6th. the plane was too low. it was too fast. the fire coming up was so thick it was like -- >> wasn't something we had ever seen before in all of our