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normandy, france tuesday good afternoon everybody in martha maccallum and missus the story live from the american cemetery in normandy france where tomorrow we will commemorate the 80th anniversary of operation overlord, d-day, was in 150,000 allied forces landed on the beaches here to turn back the nazi hold on to europe. later this hour, another cure of world war ii. 96-year-old ronald roll do, i just 16 he found a way around the navies age requirement, bravely fighting and surviving...

A Jewish-American World War II hero who stormed Utah beach on D-Day and went missing after being ambushed in the Battle of Cherbourg has finally been found.

Lieutenant Nathan Baskind, the son of Jewish Lithuanian and Russian immigrants, served in D-Day then disappeared in the Battle of Cherbourg on June 23, 1944.

The remains of a Jewish-American soldier who died in 1944 and was buried with Nazis in a mass grave in occupied France were given to U.S. officials Tuesday during a transfer ceremony at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

What makes a trip even more exhilarating is the opportunity not only to see a new part of the world but also to perform a mitzvah (commandment or good deed) at the same time.

On Feb. 17, 1941, 26-year-old Benjamin Garadetsky enlisted in the U.S. Army. Tragically, Garadetsky would lose his life during a Nazi bombing raid in August 1944, and like many of

Many Jewish WWII soldiers killed overseas wrongly given Christian burials; a nonprofit called Operation Benjamin works to correct the mistake.

Many Jewish WWII soldiers killed overseas wrongly given Christian burials; a nonprofit called Operation Benjamin works to correct the mistake.

Many Jewish veterans of WWII were mistakenly given Christian gravestones. Operation Benjamin is trying to fix that.