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D-Day Warriors: It Was Our War Too

D-Day Warriors: It Was Our War Too

11/12/2020 | 58m 15sVideo has Closed Captions

Charles Shay, Penobscot Indian, travels to Omaha Beach to honor fellow fallen soldiers.

Seventy-five years after D-Day, on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, one of the last surviving Native American D-Day veterans remembers his fellow soldiers in his traditional way - with ceremony, prayer, and through storytelling. Charles Shay, Penobscot Indian, travels back to Omaha Beach each year with a delegation of Native American veterans to honor those who sacrificed their lives that day.

11/12/2020 | Expired 11/12/2021

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D-Day Warriors: It Was Our War Too

D-Day Warriors: It Was Our War Too

11/12/2020 | 58m 15sVideo has Closed Captions

Seventy-five years after D-Day, on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, one of the last surviving Native American D-Day veterans remembers his fellow soldiers in his traditional way - with ceremony, prayer, and through storytelling. Charles Shay, Penobscot Indian, travels back to Omaha Beach each year with a delegation of Native American veterans to honor those who sacrificed their lives that day.

11/12/2020 | Expired 11/12/2021

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