a great dealeady on omaha beach. one of the things about d-day is that the coastal defenses the germans had were usually very poor quality to. -- troops. many of them are foreign troops. many were polish, summer ukrainian, they were almost enslaved troops. there were even reports that some soldiers were actually to the guns.ined so their high quality was not there. however, since her everything was different, why was omaha so tough and the rest of the beaches were relatively easy. once the breakthrough occurred, it was fine. omaha is not that way. it's because the 350 second regularivision, a high-class german division happened to be doing maneuvers in areas. so americans run into that. our intelligence had not determined that previously and it was too late to change. that is why it is different. der's organization, he was not even going to be a part of the invasion himself. xo, his deputy commander was going to do that. when they get the order that they were going to deploy on the third and fourth of june, they move

and we went -- we landed on omaha beach and i never will forget this.here was a big streamer, a tall streamer across the entrance and the sign said through these portals america's finest soldiers have tread. >> there was a bridge before we got in there on the river. we had to capture that and hold it. in fact we had to retake the bridge twice. they took it from us and we took it again. very costly. >> 8,000 miles from france the japanese held islands of guam were under attack and bob feller on the uss alabama was there. >> our target area was on the west side of the island of saipan and leveled it. >> after the landing, the alabama turned to the task of defeating the japanese counter stroke. japanese chief of staff eastwarded the mobile fleet nine air r carriers, five battle ships and 14 cruisers to repel the invasion. in the skies over the islands, some one,000 american aps japanese planes engaged in the greatest dog fight ever. ♪ >> i did the job of a gun raid chief. i pulled the trigger as my shipmate put the ammunition many. did you hit anything? i

that form a little ribbon before you get up to the hill moving up to -- up omaha beach. i said, okay, well, these rocks will work. so i take about 20 of them, and pile them in a little pyramid about 75 feet out into the beach, and when the president walks down to my position i whisper, sir, the secret service doesn't want you to go any farther than the rocks and he gets it. i got it, i got it. and so clinton and the veterans have their moment and their prayer, and i've got the pool with me, and that works out -- the press pool with me a and they can taking pictures -- >> but there's a delay because somebody made a private deal. >> we get it done and i'm like, great, let's pack up and go away, because anything else just ruins it. it's been perfect. but eddie adams, the great pulitzer prize-winning photographer for ""newsweek"" who shot the famous picture in vietnam of the police chief shooting one of his prisoners, it's now many years after vietnam but eddie is on assignment for "newsweek," and has cut a deal with another white house staffer to do a private photo shoot of

and a formal little ribbon before you get up to the hill moving up omaha beach. and i said well these rocks will work. i take about 20 of them and pile them in a pyramid about 75 feet out to the beach. when the president walks down to my position i were spring is here, the secret service does not want you to go any further than the rocks over there. then he gets it. so clinton and the veterans have their moment and their prayer and i have the press pool with me in there taking pictures. >> there's a delay because someone made a private deal? >> we get the picture done and i'm thinking great let's just pack up and go away. anything anything else would just run this. it's been perfect. but the great pulitzer prize-winning photographer for newsweek who shot the famous picture in vietnam of the police chief shooting one of his prisoners, it is now many years after vietnam but he is on assignment for newsweek and he has cut a deal with another white house staffer to do a private photo shoot a president clinton on the beach after the one that i did. but we have to kill

and my uncle died in berma and the other uncle on bloody omaha beach and my father serving once againand integrity. sandra: i'm going to need tissues the rest of the day for the rest of the day for all the proud. and leah gabriel and david, your final thoughts? >> i'm going to pick up where we left off with dale murphy, what we do for the troops. before they become veterans they've raised their right hand and written a blank check to this nation and over a million americans have sacrificed their lives on battle fields around the world and their families, also, they work hard to keep the fires burning, work hard to keep the families going. dagen: quickly, red hail, on the fourth, home of patrick henry. sandra: and shout out. >> fort bragg, i miss the guy, i love him. sandra: stuart varney, it's all yours. stuart: remember a week ago, oh, the sky was about to fall. the brits voted out of europe. armageddon. how did that work out? >> good morning, eastern, well, the stock market selloff lasted a couple of days, we've bounced back to almost where we were before the vote. the gloom and doo

a section about -- attempt to convince the germans the landing will not be in normandy in omaha and other beaches. >> correct. there was lengthy complex plan called body guard of lives. definitive book on the subject. there was a multitiered plan to deceive the germans that the landings would take place. if you look at the map, it's the logical crossing point. it's barely 25 miles from from across the channel. we had turned german intelligence agents. caught them, made them an offer they couldn't refuse. either you feed false information to your masters in germany or you have a date with 12 gentlemen with 303 rifles. that combined with signals intelligence sending false information that the we knew germans would intercept. george patton was a big part of the deception. he was given command of a nonexistent army an organization of probably eight or ten divisions. that's why he was so visible throughout benefit in the -- britain in the days leading up to it. so that the germans would keep focus on him. his appearances coincided it seemed with the plan landings. >> didn't mention it, any of you watc

that is the team arriving back in myrtle beach after leaving omaha after completing the ultimate upset. michelle: coastal carolina. alison: from conway, south carolina. beat baseball giant arizona. a chantaclear is a character from a judi dench is seizing the day. michelle: with a tattoo for her 81st birthday. it reads "carpe diem" on her wrist. her daughters paid for it. alison: pretty cool. michelle: we want to let you know what is coming up next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- normally you get out of the water when you see a shark in the surf. find out why they are excited about the 11-footer and where it was spotted. alison: still ahead, big acts like billy joel and bruise springsteen set to rock nats park. then, of course, "hamilton" will be at the kennedy center. good luck to get tickets. looking for secondary market, we'll help you avoid counterfeits up next. michelle: check this out. 12-feet long. a tiger shark caught and tagged in north carolina. the pictures and the videos posted to facebook this week. researchers getting close enough to tag it before sending it back out into the a

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