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Charles Shay - Returning to the Beaches of Normandy 74 Years Later

U.S. Army Europe and Africa

June 6, 2018 | 6:12

Charles Shay - Returning to the Beaches of Normandy 74 Years Later. Charles Norman Shay, a 94-year old Penobscot tribal elder, who served in WWII as a combat medic landing on Omaha Beach in the first wave. (Video by Department of Veterans Affairs)

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