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Three WWII veterans from LI recall the hell of D-Day

Walter Blum of Great Neck remembers the roar of fighter planes overhead and the terrifying sound of gunfire outside his landing craft.

Henry Salmaggi of New Hyde Park still recalls German guns taking aim at dozens of his shipmates as they attempted to storm Omaha Beach.

And Ed Collins of Hicksville remembers the horrifying scene on the beach as Allied soldiers were mowed down by German...

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