This Sunday marks 77 years since the D-Day invasion, a beginning of the end for World War II. D-Day is also the birthday of a man from Nunda, and the coincidence is worth noting. “Bud” Long plans to play golf on Sunday – to celebrate his 100th birthday. But on his 23rd birthday, there was no time for celebrating. “We get a mile or two from going in,” he recalled, “and the shells have started flying over us. ” He stepped off of a ship and into 20 feet of water off Omaha Beach.