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Veterans of World War II pilgrimaged Tuesday to what was the bloodiest of five Allied landing beaches on June 6, 1944.American WWII veterans Bill Wall, left, and Bob Tedesco attend a ceremony on Omaha Beach, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in Normandy.
“You don’t want other people to go through the same thing,” he said."Because I’ve seen a lot of these boys that never even made the beach, believe me. And we were all 18, 19 years old.”Across the Normandy coast where the largest-ever land, sea and air armada punctured Adolf Hitler's defenses in western Europe on D-Day and helped precipitate his downfall 11 months later, Allied veterans are the VVIPs of this week's 80th anniversary celebrations.
“It looked like you could walk across the Channel using boats as stepping stones,” recalled 100-year-old Robert Pedigo, who was a nose gunner aboard a B-24 bomber that flew over the landing beaches on D-Day to pound German forces from the air.Back at base that night, he was told the Allies had suffered thousands of casualties.
More than 4,400 Allied troops were killed on D-Day, including more than 2,500 Americans. The Allied toll grew appallingly in the Battle of Normandy that ensued, with 73,000 killed and 153,000 wounded.Aboard the Mont St. Michel ferry carrying them Tuesday to France, about 20 British veterans gathered on deck and waved like rockstars to well-wishers who cheered them off.
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