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They can push it and push it and it doesn't bite them back. it just helps them through. >> reporter: few vintage aircraft are more revered. the d c3 dakota and its military twin, the c 47, general eisenhower said four things, the at tomorrow bomb and the bazooka, the jeep and the d c3. on d-day over 8 hundred took part in the biggest air droft of the history. the flying association managed to wrestle up a magnificent eight. one came all the way from america and they drew young and veteran admirers. >> for years i've done the regimental christmas kaurd and i always put a dakota on the

Way that they treat the graves of our dead here. they remember names. this morning we heard the story of a fighter pilot that was considered a hero of the town by the way he fought and died over the town. and two c-47 goonie birds and their crews that were shot down by the enemy's anti-aircraft fire. and the crew of the aircraft and those brave paratroopers in the back that lost their life there. they are remembered every single year by name in these ceremonies. >> that's terrific. of course, with the invasion that started 70 years ago tomorrow, there were 160,000 allied service personnel invo...

Gunshot wound to the head area. he himself went to the area where he did this. it was a very difficult area of the mall behind some construction. >> reporter: no one ems was nirngd in the shooting. state police say the gunman apparently fired shots at security cameras. >> he was wearing a red and black motorcycle helmet. he kind of had the gun in his hand aimlessly and he was walking past the apple store. he didn't seem angered. he was kind of just walking. >> reporter: authorities say schoop was carrying a rifle modified to look like an ac-47. >> it is not an ak-47. it's where you take the ha...

Doing salute from the shore. we ran into a guy, barry avet, who is a great american and very patriotic american. his father flew a c-47 in world war ii and he eventually acquired a c-47 and goes to air shows and has a tight knit group of other americans that own world war ii vintage planes. he helped us organize this air parade of world war ii vintage planes and also some other vintage airplanes. the pilots are just regular americans. some have served in the past. others have not. but the other element is we'll have passengers on the planes that will be veterans from all conflicts, going back ...

Treasurers. they are irreplaceable. >> let's start in afghanistan. good morning. what's the latest from there? >> good morning, alex. both u.s. and nato officials continue to investigate what went wrong and just how yesterday became the deadliest day for u.s. forces in afghanistan. >> 30 u.s. service members and eight afghans were killed yesterday when the helicopter came crashing down by insurgent fire. most of the mini belongs to the navy s.e.a.l.s team 6, a group most recently credited for hunting down and killing osama bin laden. preliminary reports indicate their c-47 chinook helicopter w...