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that we were supposed to have cleared by 8:00 on june the 6th. it did not happen until about four or five days later because more troopers came in and he was able to accomplish it. so at that point in time you were 16, 16 1/2? 16 and 4 months. so how does a 16-year-old boy who becomes a man, 16-year-old boy becomes a man in a matter of seconds jumping out of a plane into a war, how did you handle the fear that you had, that you must have had? well, it wasn t easy. the fear i had most of all that first and second day is the second day i put down my first enemy german, and i had been taught by a chryistian mother that you never murder. you never murder. and that s what i thought of as soon as that had happened. you carry that with you
parachuting behind enemy german lines on d-day. 70 years later, that airplane ride is still fresh in his mind. and everybody was very quiet. some of their fellows were dealing with their beads. some fellows were faking sleep. we got a break in the weather and we could see the boats going toward france. tons of boats. hundreds of them. and we said, how could we lose with this in. bullets started to hit their plane. back to the coast of normandy and then it really got hot. we were hooked up, we were ready to go. 18 men are going out that door in 11 seconds. reporter: blakey landed in a cemetery and made his way to the target. we were to take a bridge,