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Charles Shay - Returning to the Beaches of Normandy

  • Defense.gov
  • March 22, 2024 | 6:12

Charles Shay - Returning to the Beaches of Normandy. Charles Norman Shay, a Penobscot tribal elder, who served in WWII as a combat medic landing on Omaha Beach in the first wave. (Video by Department of Veterans Affairs)