'Protect Your Freedom,' WWII Veteran Charles Shay Reminds To 'Stay Vigilant' On D-Day

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

June 6, 2022 / 9:44 AM

Crowds gathered to watch the sunrise over Omaha beach in Normandy this morning for the 78th anniversary of D-Day.

On June 6, 1944, allied troops landed on the beaches of northern France code-named Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword and Gold, carried by 7,000 boats.

That single day, 4,414 allied soldiers lost their lives, 2,501 of them Americans. More than 5,000 were wounded. On the German side, several thousand were killed or wounded.

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