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SAINT-LÔ, France — He was 6 when Allied warplanes turned his town to rubble. Yves Fauvel says the flashbacks still come regularly: The D-Day evening sky thrumming with American bombers; the screams of families trapped in the debris of their own homes; the man outside a church with both his legs torn off, howling in agony. And yet, far from feeling animosity for the country that led the destruction of his town, today Fauvel is flying an American flag from his car.
“When I see the scenes in Gaza and Ukraine I cannot help thinking of the impact on the children — because I was that child.” Piloting one of those American B-24 bombers dropping its payload on the town was 1st Lt. Edward L.’’Bud’’ Berthold. NBC News met with Berthold, 104, at a ceremony at Pegasus Bridge near the city of Caen, and he appeared heartened to hear that the townsfolk held his efforts in the highest esteem.
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