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Normandy for the commemorations, this yearjust 23. so it is a dwindling band but clearly, there is a sense that it is very important to keep remembering what happened this day on the 6th ofjune in 1940 41 tens of thousands of soldiers landed on those five beaches of normandy. the longest day, as it was called. omaha beach, utah beach for the americans, gold beach and sword beach for the british and juno beach for the canadians. 156,000 allied troops landing. and huge enemy fire of course from the germans although the germans were largely taken by surprise by the attack. but it did mark a turni...

Democracy and freedom. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, norah, he will be just up the shore from here at pointe du hoc, a cliff where army rangers on d-day fought up the sheer side as enemy fire rained down on them, and though they suffered heavy casualties, they eventually took the cliff in an act of courage, in defense of democracy, and an example the white house is expected to argue, of the risks of ignoring bullies abroad. >> norah: tony dokoupil, thank you. 11 people were hospitalized for heat exhaustion today after they were rescued in a human smuggling bust in san antonio. the c...

The turnover of pilots was high. "i've never forgotten the ones who did not survive. "we went through it all together. "such nice lads, i only wish i knew what happened to them. "i want them to know that they will never be forgotten." just two weeks before d—day, - peter seaborn turned 17—years—old. he was an able seaman serving - in the royal navy — he remembers: "i was aboard my destroyer escorting american troops to the beaches. - |"the sight before my eyes has never| left me: rockets, shelling, bombing, "enemy fire. "we later lost hms- boadicea, a ship escorting

[ bleep ] it's the extremist who is are attacking the military, just the idea of young men who usually come from lower socioeconomic cal places join the military to see the world and work together and let's say me and pete were in the foxhole together and he got hit. he needed a pint of blood and somebody to carry him out and it was just me, i said, pete, i'll wait for o'reilly. wait for o'reilly. no, seriously, i'll carry you out. no, no, no. i'll wait. i'll wait. it doesn't happen. no one is ever with enemy fire coming down looking around going, how long is the black guy going to be in the f...

Family of an African American combat medic who tended to dozens of troops under harrowing conditions on D-Day are gathering in Arlington National Cemetery.