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Allied dispatch from d-day. the date line, a ditch 200 yards inside normandy. 24-year-old reuters reported doone campbell was reported to be the first reporter. he hand wrote his very first dispatch just minutes after he landed. it reads "on a vast scale, the invasion is underway everywhere. thousands of men and hundreds of aircraft and ships. every minute, more men and guns, tanks, vehicle and huge amounts of supplies are landing. our planes dominate the skies." reporter doone campbell handed that report to a naval office. in reality, it would never reach reuters. many others he wrote would, ...

That documented for the public back home the allied push to liberate europe. decades later, campbell described the normandy landing as exhilarating, glorious and heart breaking. for all the stories of bravery shared today, there's many that will never be told. the pentagon reports more than 72,000 americans that fought in world war ii are still missing. according to the department of veterans affairs, an average of 348 american heros of world war ii die each day. a generation defined by bravery, sacrifice and their fight to defend freedom. ♪ >> you are about to embark on the great crusade fo...