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Veterans from every corner of the

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United States were honored during the

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80th D day commemoration in Normandy ,

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France , June 6th , 2024 the heroic war

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fighters were happy to be back . But

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for Henry , it brought back a wave of

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emotion after finding the exact

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location of his airborne drop zone .

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Some 80 years later , first army

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soldiers , family and friends walked

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the streets with only a description

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from l determined to help him find the

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location of a memory he holds dear to

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his heart ,

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then tucked away behind a great stone

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wall in ST Mary Le . His long wait came

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to an end and he recounts that faithful

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day , a 10 ft long and I had

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£20 of explosives . When I came

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in , I broke to up close to the

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center of it . And I know there are

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just between two rods , I broke one rod

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off going through . But other than

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that uh then I , what

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came out here and I could hear firing

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in a courtyard . So I cut my leard

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off and I went over to the church

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and when I come around the church , I

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see John Steele hanging up in the

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church during the war was assigned to

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the 82nd Amor envision as a paratrooper

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and had a mission to hold a bridge at

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Chef Dupont . Even after landing in the

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greenhouse , he accomplished the

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mission and stands tall today , a proud

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war veteran , a symbol of heroism to

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his country .