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D-Day Veteran Recalls Omaha Beach Baptism of Fire
Lt. Col. Alfred A. Alverez, then private first class in the 16th Infantry, recalls June 6 1944 at Omaha Beach. He describes combat with heavy gear, guiding communications amid mines and flak and the effort to reach a frontline house for set up. He later served in Korea the Dominican Republic and Vietnam.
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