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Omaha beach was a fortress, machine guns had clear and interlocking fields of fire from cement pill boxes, men dropped in the water, caught in this a buzz saw of bullets as soon as the gates opened. some drowned, others barely made it ashore. men like lawrence brannon never forget. >> i got this about noon or a little later. i laid on that shelf right down there until 8:00 that night and watched it, i saw it, saw it all. i saw a boat with 300 guys in it burn up. they can't get out. >> brannon, 94 now, is from morris town, tennessee. his days forever shaped by what happened here 70 years ago. >...

Time. >> normandy from the peninsula, eastward to the mouth. shook with a tremendous roar of battle. >> 150,000 allied soldiers. they came ashore at 6:30 in the morning open 6th june, 1944. the noise, stunning. the carnage, horrific. the bravery, constant. omaha beach was a fortress, machine guns had clear and interlocking fields of fire. from cement pill boxes, men dropped in the water. caught in a buzz saw of bullets as soon as the gates opened. some drowned. others barely made it ashore. men like lawrence brown, never forget. >> i got this. about noon or a little later. i laid there on that...