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Interview With Ron Peet storming Gold Beach
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From The Archives interview With Alec Borrie behind Enemy Lines
In 1944, the Western Allied invasion of Europe required more than the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy. To keep as many German troops away from the invasion zone, specially trained commandos were needed to cause m
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