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McDermott. In 1944 on D-Day, Charles Norman Shay was a combat medic.

It's 80 years since the Allied invasion which would determine the end of World War II.

I'm bringing you the story of one of the last remaining survivors of D-Day.

D-Day has come.

Early this morning, the Allies began the assault on the northwestern face of Hitler's European fortress.

Under the command of General Eisenhower, Allied naval forces supported by strong air forces began landing Allied armies this morning on the northern

coast of France.

It's the day that World War II hangs on.

If the invasion is a success, the Allies can surge inland and liberate Nazi-dominated Europe.

If it fails, any prospect of victory will be crushed for years to come.

By the end of D-Day, 156,000 Allied troops will have made it ashore.

And one of them is Charles Norman Shay making the journey from England. He's from Maine in the United

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