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WWII Vet Recalls Storming Omaha Beach on D-Day

Host- Lee Habeeb

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Frank Devita was just a 19-year-old Coast Guard member, and one of the first Americans to storm Omaha Beach in the Normandy region of France on June 6, 1944. This is a rare opportunity to hear a firsth-hand account of what happened that day.

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