As the 80th anniversary of the storming of Normandy on D-Day approaches, three North Alabamians who took part in World War Two flew back to the place that saw young American men shed blood by the thousands.
Three veterans, who served overseas during World War II, flew out of Huntsville International Airport on Thursday. They will soon land in Normandy to take part in the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
For three local World War II veterans, their first visit to the Normandy American Cemetery and the windswept Omaha and Utah beaches where American troops landed on D-Day left a