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Old 06-06-2013, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by OldDog View Post
"First Wave at Omaha Beach"
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...ngle_page=true

Read it if you dare.
The Longest Day 1962 movie is mentioned..had some graphic scenes of the landings...and Saving Private Ryan 1998 if i recall had a very graphic scene of Omaha landing...hard to watch...
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