On June 6, 1944 160,000 troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France.
Two of those troops were US Army Private Guy Jellison and US Army Private First Class Jim Hogue.
“We didn’t know when we got off that boat what we were going to encounter,” recalled Jellison.
Hogue was 19 years old during D-Day, but remembers it like it was yesterday. “They started shelling the beaches,” he said. “You could hear the shells going over head, whistling.”
65 years after that massive invasion, the two veterans came together with others who served during World War II for a special reunion meant to remember D-Day.
“I’m happy to be here with the fellas I served with,” said Jellison.
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