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Along the beach without a gun while the nazis fired at him all day. on day two of the invasion, corporal mchugh said the allies faced enormous hedge rows and had no way of knowing if the enemy was behind them. there was just so many obstacles to overcome in a long and bloody push towards germany. after surviving the invasion of normandy, corporal mchugh spent months fighting the nazis including battle of the bulge. he earned the silver star, the bronze star, the european theater of operations ribbon that includes a silver arrow or arrowhead, i should say, for the normandy invasion. two preside...

Beach. they had to come up with a way to get off the beach. it was the ingenuity of the captains and the majors and sergeants to get up over the cliffs and through the hedge rows. they had to forge these hedge cutters with equipment they had, with the tanks they had and the sf steel and they found a way as individual soldiers and officers to get through the enemy lines. so ike had complete faith and the luck, if you will, but the ingenuity of the american fight ing man. it's an amazing story of leader connecting with troops. it's just -- and very american. it's very american. >> it is very ame...

That check to young john forbes kerry, but, alex the area here looks remarkably the same. the villages, the hedge rows it looks remarkably the same as it did 70 years ago. >> yes we should say we're look at the president and french president francois hollande as they approach a very dignified and inspiring ceremony to say the least. it is interesting how many things can look the same and the way americans are received particularly in that part of france, talk about heroes. >> oh, boy. >> it are remarkable to this day, you see an older citizen of france and you identify yourself as an american ...

has fallen short. dan joins me from london. appreciate it. so dan, this comes down -- >> absolutely, yeah, this is fast turning into -- sorry, go ahead. >> this comes down to a private contractor. they were tasked with providing security for the games, so what's the concern now? where did they fall short? >> well, they basically haven't been able to guarantee the number of guards that they were contracted to provide at various different olympic sites. we're going to turn up on time. we haven't quite drilled down to the bottom of exactly why that is but we're told it's something to do...

>> well, we'll be meeting with them and explain to them what we did in some of the hedge rows and some of the fields and some of the city that is we went through, and i think it's a great honor to rub shoulders with these young men who are the future hraordz of our great country, and of our armed forces. and to be able to present what little i did to them, in world war ii, is a great honor to me, and i hope that some of these days, when they are in combat, that they can remember some of the things that i can relate to them that got me through 33 days of combat. arthel: on that note, sir, on th...