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Army Air Corps pilot Richard Heyman Remembers D-Day

  • Defense.gov
  • June 5, 2019 | 0:46

World War II Army Air Corps fighter pilot Richard Heyman, 95, couldn’t do much for the Allied troops on the ground over Normandy on June 6, 1944, since there was no enemy opposition from the air. But he’ll always remember what he saw and thought while it was unfolding.