World War II veteran from San Diego remembers fallen friends on D-Day, 80 years later

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World War II veteran from San Diego remembers fallen friends on D-Day, 80 years later
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Natay Holmes is a native of San Diego, California, where at an early age she discovered a love for journalism and being in front of the camera.

SAN DIEGO — Thursday, June 6, 2024, marks 80 years since the Allied invasion on the Beach of Normandy — more commonly known as D-Day.

The sound of the Freedom Bell ringing through the museum's rotunda symbolized those sacrifices made all those years ago to let freedom ring around the world."As many lives that were sacrificed that day... But look what it achieved," says Royce Williams, a Navy veteran who served during World War II. During Thursday morning's ceremony, a video showing General Dwight Eisenhower's speech to the D-Day troops before they landed in France played.

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