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operation overlord and then here in normandy, france in the weeks that followed democrat these wonderful edges of these young men and -- among them he told me about his memories from 80 years ago about what he thinks of the nation that he and others fought and so many died for and how he thinks it's doing today. >> i'm steve mellen cough and i'm -- i was with the 29th division, one of the ed divisions and i was on omaha beach -- omaha beach. i'm originally from rhode island and then my work after took me to baltimore area. >> martha: what you remember about that day, you know, when you talk about how difficult it was in overcoming these odds and planners saying that it couldn't be done. what was in your heart, what do you remember? >> the only in with -- the infantry only got 12 weeks