there was the moment, strangers walking up to them to say thank you. onofrio zicari originally from geneva, new york, was so moved. >> thank you for everything you guys did for us, for your service. >> thank you. this whole beach, whole sections, as far as the eye could see, was just men coming ashore, coming ashore. unbelievable. >> nono told us he had one more wish. >> a lot of graves. look at all the crosses. oh boy. >> to find the grave of the friend he lost. holding the photograph of himself, standing before his friend's grave back during the war. 75 years later, he found the cross. donald e. simmons, who died on june 6th, 1944. what nono did not know was that donald simmons' family was watching our news. so moved by that moment, they wanted to meet nono. >> ah, there he is. i'm marie, don's sister.