. ♪ ♪ >> i'm martha macallum, growing up, my mother told us the story of her cousin harry grey. mer of 1944 at age 18 he left after high school graduation to join the marines and serve in the pacific. i was always intrigued and i knew harry's death there left a deep grief in my mother's family. a few years ago struck me to tell the story. the guys who get hit on the beach or in the villages just trying to carry out the mission, they are the extras in the movie, but for some families, somewhere they are their harry grey. the line on the family tree that just ends. a young man who never got to have a life, get married, grow old. to learn about harry and what happened to him on march 13th, 1945i started with a trip to new york to visit his sister, my aunt nancy. she told me about their lives growing up with their mom, migrant aunt anne and her dad harry grey senior. look how cute. blonde. >> we were a very close family. martha: was he protective of you? >> i didn't have an opportunity to see very much of that. martha: just weeks before christmas in 1938 tragedy struck the family, ha

. ♪ ♪ >> i'm martha macallum, growing up, my mother told us the story of her cousin harry grey. summer of 1944 at age 18 he left after high school graduation to join the marines and serve in the pacific. i was always intrigued and i knew harry's death there left a deep grief in my mother's family. a few years ago struck me to tell the story. the guys who get hit on the beach or in the villages just trying to carry out the mission, they are the extras in the movie, but for some families, somewhere they are their harry grey. the line on the family tree that just ends. a young man who never got to have a life, get married, grow old. to learn about harry and what happened to him on march 13th, 1945i started with a trip to new york to visit his sister, my aunt nancy. she told me about their lives growing up with their mom, migrant aunt anne and her dad harry grey senior. look how cute. blonde. >> we were a very close family. martha: was he protective of you? >> i didn't have an opportunity to see very much of that. martha: just weeks before christmas in 1938 tragedy struck the family

. >> maya, dan harris here with a quick question. i have a jar of greyke a ham sandwich today? >> go for it. open it up. smell it. if it smells good, enjoy that ham sandwich. >> if you're willing to take the risk, dan, you go for it. >> i'm just asking. asking for a friend, yeah. >> thanks, maya. thanks, dan. >>> now, let's check in with rob in connecticut with snow this morning. good morning, rob. ♪ once in a while >> good morning, eva. dan hasn't had a ham sandwich since the '80s for crying out loud. good morning, everybody. grey poupon sounds pretty good right now. still snowing up here in torrington, connecticut, so i talked about the compactible snow. good snowball fight. meet my new friend busy during the break. got a nice little body. he's been home on the peloton working out. huh? what do you guys think about that? should we give him a name? a couple of eyes. here you go. all right. i'm coming after you, whit, now, i got a posse. of course, i'm keeping >>> good saturday morning. lots of clouds out here. it turns sunnier for the afternoon. mild te