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Lessons from Normandy: 75 Years after D-Day
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30:04Now PlayingAhead of Gary Shapiro's retirement, he is looking back at some of the most memorable specials he did while at 9NEWS.
From Gary:
"It had been 75 years since the U.S. and other World War II Allied Troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. We decided to do a special marking the occasion, in a unique way.
There’s a program in Denver, at the time run thru the Police Activities League or PAL.
Jake Schroeder was the Director, and he was and still is very passionate about it.
They would take students from the Denver area to historical locations in France, to teach them about D-Day, which led to the end of the war.
Part of the program involved the students meeting veterans who shared their stories about being there. That’s how we met Frank DeVita, who worked on a landing craft at Omaha Beach. His story was amazing, extremely sad, heartfelt, and heroic. His inspiration is something I will always remember."
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