93-year-old Royal Navy D-Day veteran sets foot on Juno Beach for the first time in 75 years, paying his respects to the fallen ahead of the invasion's 75th anniversary.
From Alabama to Nevada, they are the modest heroes who did something extraordinary nearly 75 years ago -- fighting on D-Day with Allied troops and winning against Nazi Germany.
Harold Himmelsbach, 93, of El Dorado Hills, California, described D-Day to ABC News as"the most dramatic time" in his life. Himmelsbach was just 18 years old. After the invasion, he was assigned to the 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. He fought and served in D-Day, Normandy, Belgium, Germany and the Rhine River. He returned to Normandy for the 45th and 50th anniversaries.
"First, I was afraid, then I was scared, and then I was numb," he said."People say, 'How did you get off that boat and go in on that beach?' There was a job had to be done. Somebody had to do it. We did it," he said.Vincent Unger, 96, of Orlando, Florida, was among the first ones in on D-Day. He was a signalman, second class USN, with the 4th division landing infantry at Utah Beach. He was tasked with landing troops, carrying prisoners, ship communication officers.
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