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D Day Plus 20 Years Eisenhower Returns to Normandy
General Eisenhower recounts D-Day at Omaha Beach in an exclusive CBS interview with Walter Cronkite marking the 20th anniversary. He describes heavy casualties, the bravery of GIs, and the decisive actions that preserved freedom, reflecting on obstacles and the battle’s enduring meaning.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
CBS
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Normandy
Walter Cronkite
New York Herald Tribune
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MR. Cronkite
D-Day
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U.S. Army
Leonard T.) Gerow
V Corps
J. Lawton) Collins
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Utah Beach
Charles H. Gerhardt
Clarence R) Huebner
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Barton
Utah
Walter
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Rhine River
General Eisenhower
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