there is a monument in a little town where they have the engine with a memorial there of the people. one of the worst jobs i had was after the war, i went to meet irving s mother on bainbridge avenue and i told her that i was in that plane and that her son had died instantly. and he saved your life though. he pushed me out or otherwise i would have gone with the plane. well i landed and it was dark and then i told you, fallon george and chick miller come up and i don t know why they all kind of thought i was the leader because i spoke german. i was born? germany and i could speak fluent german. so we saw this house straight ahead. this morning dominique francois a very good friend of mine that lives here had found that house again. and i had knocked on that house door and i said to the woman that came out, it was an older
was a dark object coming toward me and i m trying to struggle out of my parachute and i had the next thing this dark object was sitting on top of me it was a cow. you knew you landed on a farm. then george donahue and fallon and chick miller they were in my platoon, they came up to me and we all were completely disorganized. we didn t know where we were we couldn t find our equipment bundles. what was the original plan. how many of you were supposed to land in that same area? what happened when i was where we were taking off, our c-47 was disabled for some reason, and our whole crew of 48 men was split into four other planes that we were not familiar
a gathering for the ages on hallowed grounds, 70 years after the greatest generation came to the shores of normandy the world remembers. president obama is here along with dozens of world leaders. just moments ago we saw mr. obama take a few minutes to shake the hands of the men who stormed these beaches all those years ago. good day from normandy. i m chuck todd with a very special edition and very special coverage of the daily rundown. today we come to you from france but it s important to note we re on american soil. the normandy american cemetery is the resting place for more than 9,000 americans. many of whom lost their lives on omaha beach right behind me. every d-day anniversary is moving but today s commemoration is especially poignant. the veterans gathered here are in their 90s and fewer and fewer d-day survivors remain to tell their stories. at dawn 160,000 allied troops stormed the beaches, the largest sea-borne invasion in history. it was a turning point in the