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Western europe was free. one of those heroes was a young lieutenant who talks about falling into nazi arms. who bet to talk about this than this young man s nephew, stephen colbert. facing unimaginable odds, americans and allied troops stormed normandy, june 6th, 1944. among the paratroopers behind enemy lines that night, first lieutenant andrew tuck iii, or uncle eddie. tuck s nephew is stephen colbert, the comedian who actively thanks troops every chance he gets. lieutenant tuck belonged to the 101st airborne, made famous by the book and hbo mini series ....
Remembering a remarkable sacrifice. d-day. this was the plane that dropped the troopers behind the invassion that changed the world. risky 70 is in normandy being preppeded but before it left new york we took a ride on it and met a man who jumped out. on june 6th, 1944, more than 13,000 para troopers jumped to battle german troops at normandy france. leslie was a member of that. ....
Out television 70 years ago. on june 6th, 1944, more than 13,000 u.s. army paratroopers jumped to battle german troops. leslie palmer cruise junior was part of the work. we went out like clock run and running. this is the actual plane that private cruz jumped out of. the pilot and his crew are prepping for the flight of their lives and taking the vintage war plane back to normappedy and a jump team planning to recreate the leap out. it is a chance of a lifetime to be involved in a historic event. leslie cruise 90 years old will not make the dive this time but in nor mandy for the ceremony. ....
Capacity to lead and influence events in that part of the world has been dramatically reduced by this president. we have a problem with weakness centered right in the white house. as you go around the world and you talk to leaders you have known all throughout your career, they re flat out saying they viewed the united states under this president as weak? absolutely, sean. we talk about 70 years ago on june 6th. this is a week from friday. we invaded france at normandy, d-day. june 6th, 1944. that was the beginning of the end for the third reich. it was marked the last stage of world war ii and a tremendous victory by the united states leading the free world against nazi germany and japan. the united states has indeed been the leader of the world, ....
Still alive. that is the cemetery. on the morning of june 6th, 1944, here are your orders. you will take to the bridge before daylight. on the early morning of june 6th, the first in the fight were paratroopers like tom blakey. it took four days. 500 casualties. we got in the landing craft. i think it was about 4:00, 4:30 in the morning. 200 yards from the beach, we started taking enemy fire and they were bouncing all around us. there were bullets that hit the landing craft. he said, keep your head down. we did. the area bombardment was a total failure. ....