The Americans On D-Day
The American Road to Victory Trilogy
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56m
Join battlefield historian Ellwood von Seibold in his 1943 Dodge Command car as he takes us on a tour of the American D-Day landings in real time.
Listen to the men who were there, land in Ste. Mère Eglise with the 82nd Airborne, scale the cliffs at La Pointe du Hoc with the Rangers, wade through the surf on Omaha Beach with the Big Red 1 and the 29th Infantry Division and take the guns at Brecourt manor with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
'Live that Day of Days'
Running Time: 56min
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