>> david: alan kinder from gainesville, georgia, going back too after answering the call 80 years agon terrible not to have been in it at the time. personal pride was important to everybody, you know? >> david: irving loughner oxford, florida, getting ready, too. >> that's my helmet from the war. >> david: there's a reason he's going back. >> people have to know that freedom is not free. so, i'm doing that now with my full heart and conscience. >> david: and back at that towing garage in new jersey, tim is getting ready for the journey. >> you're off? >> off. >> okay. >> david: at 102 years old, to go back 80 years later? >> that's something that gets -- gets to me. 80 years. and the people of normandy are still honoring us. >> david: 80 years later, they are going back. when we come back. ♪ ♪ i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease.

all of those veterans, once young men now returning to the beaches of normandy, alan kinder has not set foot back on this beach in 80 years. he tells us he is grateful to be here. alan, let me ask you. this is the first time you have ever seen utah beach in the daylight. >> yes, we landed at midnight and then we told me there was a chance to come here. i've kind of lived my life over again, and i've really, really enjoyed that . i've been able to bring my grandson with me, we've gotten closer. >> irving locker was determined to come back to irving. why was it so important for you to get back here? >> it was so important for me to let people know that freedom is not free. >> i thank god every single day that i'm alive and well and people have to know that. people have to know that because many did not survive. thank you. they did not survive. >> tim canary says he still thinks about the brothers he lost here every day. >> every day of my life, i think about it. >> not a day goes by. >> it means a great deal to me to be here today, to honor these . the ones that lost their lives, particul

alan kinder has not set foot on this beach in 80 years. he tells us he is grateful to be here. an, this is the first time you've ever seen utah beach in the daylight? >> yes, we landed at midnight and then there was a chance to come here, i kind of lived my life over again, and i've re really, really enjoyed that. i've been able to bring my grandson with me. we've gotten closer. >> david: irving locker was determined to come back, too. irving, why was it so important for you to get back here? >> it was so important for me to let people know that freedom is not free. i thank god every single day that i'm alive and well, and people have to know that. people have to know that. >> david: because many did not survive. >> they did not survive. >> david: tim says he still thinks about the brothers he lost here every day. >> every day of my life, i think about it. >> david: not a day goes by? >> it means a great deal to me to be here today. to honor these -- the ones that lost their lives, in particular. >> david: jake ruser tells us he's been moved by the strangers who have approached

>> david: alan kinder from gainesville, georgia, going back, too, after answering the call 80 years ago>> it would have been terrible not to have been in it at the time. personal pride was important to everybody. >> david: irving locker in oxford, florida, getting ready, too. >> that's my helmet during the war. >> david: there's a reason he's going back. >> people have to know that freedom is not free. so, i'm doing that now with my full heart and conscience. >> david: and back at that towing garage in new jersey, tim is getting ready for the journey. at 102 years old, to go back 80 years later -- >> that's something that gets -- gets to me. 80 years. and the people of normandy are still honoring us. >> david: we should note here tonight that over the course of the last five years, we have lost some of the veterans we have been following. their families tonight telling us, please keep their stories alive, too. they also told us they are grateful that many of their brothers are still returning to normandy. tomorrow here, i will sit down with them, not far from here, on utah beach, where