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Samuel chase. it was in five invasions and as so often happened, on that day, 70 years ago he was reassigned at the last minute. he was a gunner s mate on the ship and he was told he was going to go into a higgins boat and make the landing, and he would be up front at the ramp. he couldn t come back here for a long time because it was just too painful, the memories of all that he d gone through. he lost his wife, and then 30 members of his family said dad we re going back and i must say i ve met a lot of these families, this one was in the top tier. they were so supportive they had complete understanding of what he d been through and frank as well was able to articulate what it was like to be a young man that day, and we d like to share that with you now. on june 6th, 1944 we made the invasion of hitler s europe. ....