80 years later, D-Day vet looks back: 'We were the first on the line'
Marvin E. Gilmore, who was 19 years old at the time, recalled "being African American, we were the first on the line."
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Marvin E. Gilmore, who was 19 years old at the time, recalled "being African American, we were the first on the line."
Marvin E. Gilmore, who was 19 years old at the time, recalled "being African American, we were the first on the line."
Marvin E. Gilmore, who was 19 years old at the time, recalled "being African American, we were the first on the line."
Marvin Gilmore Jr., the grandson of slaves, was 20 when he and other U.S. troops stormed the beaches in Normandy, France, in 1944.
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