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fighting was and how difficult those first few hours on the beaches were. >> yeah, you know, this week was the 80th anniversary i think is such a poignant moment because it marks not just the 80th anniversary obviously but also in many ways the final passing of this greatest generation, this generation that stood up for democracy, defended the free world against the totalitarian nazi regime and liberated the continent of europe. but it was a huge event. you know, it was a million people, 167,000 troops landed on those five normandy beaches, some of them under withering fire. there'll be ceremonies later today in bedford, virginia, at the national d-day memorial, a small town in virginia that bore the highest per capita toll of any on d-day, that their unit,