i m 93. i m almost 94. i m hoping that going back to normandy gives me closure of some kind. i hope i get out and other people see through my eyes. reporter: these veterans are aware that at their age, we re now losing more than 300 world war ii veterans in the u.s. every day. i m sure it s getting smaller and smaller. reporter: yeah. which is why we need to remember. that s right. reporter: each of these men flying to atlanta to meet up and then fly together to france. the pilot thanking them before they even board. we can never repay you for the debt that you have paid for us. so thank you very much. we ll start boarding with the veterans first. thank you. [ applause ] reporter: one by one. harold himmelsbach walking to the gate with his daughter, sue, behind him. have a good flight, sir. thank you. reporter: harold mcmurran brought to that plane. jack claiborne on board, too. vincent unger.
english time. reporter: that would be all he wrote for five harrowing days. i didn t have time to do any entries. the next one was the 11th. reporter: harold, at 94, drives to airport. he s going back. so is jack claiborne from dyersburg, tennessee. this is me sitting there. reporter: harold himmelsbach was raised in yakima, washington. he s now packing the letters he wrote to his mother just days after d-day. you write, i ll leave all the bloody details to be written to leo. yeah, he s my brother. reporter: your brother? i tell him. reporter: harold with descriptions of war he thought only a brother should hear. vincent unger from orlando, florida. this is my baby, my ship. reporter: vincent going back, too. onofrio zicari, las vegas, nevada. part of the fifth amphibious brigade on d-day. that s our company patch. we wore this on our shoulders, on our jackets. reporter: all of them leaving home again.
i m on my way to normandy. reporter: they have yet to meet one another, but they already share a bond. they were all there that morning, june 6th, 1944. the largest amphibious invasion in military history. 50 miles of normandy coastline, the beaches with codenames. utah, omaha, gold, juno and sword. and what they did would change the course of the war. harold himmelsbach remembers the wakeup at 3:00 a.m. it was not long after. when you looked around and saw all of those ships, did you think, this is actually happening? you bet. yes, i sure did. reporter: could you see the beach? it was just a couple thousand yards, you know. reporter: and then they saw things they will never forget. harold mcmurran, fourth infantry division. first, i was afraid, then i was scared, and then i was numb. the medics was overwhelmed, with wounded people, sometimes they were wounded themselves, trying to they would try to perform,