>> THIS INVASION MEANS A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING AT TIMES WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 3 DAYS INTO THE WEATHER COMES IN.
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU REALLY NEED IS A METEOROLOGIST IN IRELAND'S
2. >> MY NAME IS FOR TO SWEENEY OF
ION THE GRANDSON OF MAUREEN SWEENEY, MAUREEN SWEENEY AND WAS FROM
COUNTY. KERRY VILLAGE CALLED NOT COME TO WORK AND SHE WAS
BORN ON THE 3RD OF JUNE 1923. AND THAT'S ALL IT IS IN THE
NORTHWEST OF COME TO ME ON THE VERY WEST COAST OF IRELAND.
I WAS DEFINITELY MY SALVATION. IN THE 1930'S, THEY REQUIRED
STAFF ASSISTANCE TO WORK IN THE OFFICES OF HER. AND SO MORNING
WOULD ANSWER TO ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE PAPER AND SHE GOT THE
JOB. >> EVEN THOUGH WE WERE AND YOU
TRUST A REIT, VERY WEIRD TO SAY WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HOW
MOTHERS? >> I LIVE ON THE SHOULDERS OF A
SINGLE U.S. GENERAL. THE 52 YEAR-OLD DWIGHT EISENHOWER.
LAYLA HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINAL OUTCOME OF AMERICA'S
GREAT AND POSTAL MILITARY VENTURE? >> MY NAME IS ROB CITY. KNOW
I'M THE SENIOR STORY AT THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR 2 MUSEUM BY 1944. IT WAS TIME FOR THE
U.S. ARMY, THE GROUND FORCE TO GET INVOLVED AND WHAT THE
GERMANS, YOU KNOW, VOICE THE STRATEGY WAS TO INVADE
WESTERN EUROPE. DWIGHT D EISENHOWER WAS CHOSEN
AS THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ALLIED INVASION. EISENHOWER,
HIS GENERALS AND HIS STAFF LOOKED AT THE MAP AND DECIDED
NORMANDY IS THE PLACE THIS INVASION NEEDS. A COUPLE
OF THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHETHER LOOKING AT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE 3 DAYS IN JUNE 5TH, THE $0.6. THE WEATHER COMES IN FROM THE
WEST TO WHAT YOU REALLY NEED IS A METEOROLOGIST IN IRELAND. >> WHAT MAKES BLACKS ON THE
TEAM TO THIS IS WE'RE ABOUT AS FAR WEST IN EUROPE IS YOU CAN
GET. SO THAT'S A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE BRITISH STAGE IN THE
WAR. >> AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW YOUR
HISTORY ARMY, SURE LOGICA AND GAS SERVICE DIDN'T HAVE WHAT WE
MIGHT DO TO BE AS WEATHER STATIONS AND SO WAS HAPPENING
WAS POST OFFICES WERE GIVEN THE JOB OF DOING THE GROUND
OBSERVATIONS AND THIS DOESN'T SEND THEM TO
KNOW THEY NEED EVERY ADVANTAGE. SO NOW THEY'RE GETTING THE
WEATHER AND, YOU KNOW, ON THE HOUR. >> EISENHOWER TO CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST WHO HE CONSULTS EVERY DAY, A BRITISH GROUP
CAPTAIN BY THE NAME CHANGE STACK. >> IT HURTS AND 1944, THAT'S
WHAT HAS BEEN ORDERED TO FIRST THING SHE WANTS TO DO IN THE
LATE NIGHT. YOU MIGHT HAVE OTHER STATIONS ARE NOW TRYING
TO. >> SO ABOUT 03:00AM ON JUNE
TURGEON. SHE'S 42 REGION. SHE'S THE CHAIRMAN, RONNA,
SURE, THE OFFICE AND SHE'S GOING TO SEE A RAPID DROP IN
PRESSURE. >> WE'RE GOING TO BE BAD
WEATHER OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND OPINION WITH CAM FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. >> HE'S NOT REALLY THAT
INFORMATION TO THE METS SERVICE IN DO THAT. THEN THE METS
SERVICES AND LUNCH AND THEY'RE GOING TO PASS THAT INFORMATION
ONTO. I CANNOT BE CERTAIN WHETHER STATION WHERE SCHOOLS
AREN'T. IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF AN INCH INTO THEIR
DECISION-MAKING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING AT MORNING MEETINGS, THESE READINGS ARE ACCURATE AND
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE FREE PHONE CALLS TO WEATHER
STATION 2 BLOCKS LONG. AND MY GRANDMOTHER SAYS, YEAH, IT WAS
A SQUEAKY VOICE TO ENCOURAGE WOMAN THAT RANKED FIRST.
I'M SHOOTING LAST MORNING TO CHECK YOUR NUMBERS UP FOR
NUMBERS. >> AND THEN. >> AND JUST FOR MEN CAME ON.
THE BOTH KNOW AFTER THE GAME. THIS JUST AFTER HALF ASLEEP, RUPAUL NAYS. >> SO THEY CHECK THEIR NUMBERS
AND THEY REPEAT THEIR NUMBERS START. HE'S AWARE THAT THAT'S A
BAD WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE ATLANTIC. ITS MOORINGS 03:00AM
READING HEELS NOW THAT THIS WEATHER SYSTEM THAT'S IN MY
SOFT, IT'S GOING AND SITTING RIGHT WITH THE CHILD ON POST
ARMITAGE FOR JUNE 5TH. >> THAT IMMEDIATELY GOES TO A
GENERAL EISENHOWER AND SAYS I'M WORRIED ABOUT OUR PLANS FOR THE
5TH. HAD THE ALLIES DECIDED TO INVADE ON JUNE 5TH. THEY WOULD
HAVE HAD A CATASTROPHE ON THEIR HANDS. 5, 6, 8, FOOT SWELLS IN
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. YOU WOULD HAVE HAD SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
DROWNED AT SEA IN THE HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS AND ON THAT
BASIS. EISENHOWER AND HIS AIDES DECIDE TO POSTPONE THE
INVASION. >> ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE FORT
AND THE WEATHER DETERIORATES SEEM TO ADD WITH CHINA LIVE.
BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THE STORM HAS NOW MOVED OFF TO THE
WEST STEWART AND SO MOORINGS. AND WE'VE GOT TO KNOW WEATHER
STATION, WHICH IS NOW WILLING SEEN IS ACTION, PRESSURE
RISING. THERE'S CAN BE JUST ENOUGH
CLEAR. >> IT WILL BE A WINDOW TO GIVE
US A CHANCE TO WATCH THAT INVASION OF THE 6. THAT'S
WHAT'S TAG TELLS EISENHOWER. >> OKAY. SO LET'S GO. >> WARREN IS GOING TO FIND OUT
IN 1956. AND IT WAS HER WEATHER FORECAST FOR NOT FINDING PEACE
SUMMIT IN EGYPT. >> I SAID NO. MAKING UP HIS
MIND WHEN THE TEAM TO OUR NEEDS. SO THAT APART FROM NEXT
AND FIND IT WHEN DID THEY? >> AFTER THE WAR, INCIDENTALLY,
SOMEONE THAT SIZE IN OUR ONLY WHEN THE D DAY CAMP AND HE
SMILED AND SAID WE HAVE BETTER METEOROLOGIST AND ATE IT. >> MARTIN TOSS TO ME ON THE
17TH OF DECEMBER 2002 TRAINS MORNING LIVE TO THE AGE OF 100
YEARS ON FOR MONTHS. SHE NEEDS TO HAVE LIGHTS. YOU'RE IN
CHARGE. >> MY GRANDPARENTS ALWAYS
REMINDED US WHO KNEW THAT THE SACRIFICES THAT DATE YOUNG MEN
WERE IN A SCENE FROM 2 GUYS WHO HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED LIFE AND
THEY GET IT ALL SO WE COULD BE FREE. >> WE WERE ALL 18, 19 YEARS
OLD. >> I HAVE 2 MG 42 THAT WERE
SHOOTING AT ME FROM OPPOSITE SIDES. THEY WERE TRYING TO KILL ME. MY NAME IS JAKE LARSON ON 101 YEARS OLD. I GREW UP IN
MINNESOTA. >> MY NAME IS BOB GIBSON. I LIVE IN HAMPTON. ALL MY LIFE.
RUSHED 301 YEARS OLD. I WAS DRAFTED IN MY SENIOR
YEAR. >> I WAS 18 AT THE TIME. THE DEA OPERATION WAS KNOWN AS
OPERATION OVERLORD, ONE OF THE GREATEST MILITARY
OPERATIONS IN HISTORY. YOU HAD ALMOST 7,000 SHIPS
INVOLVED 9,000 AIRCRAFT IN THE SKY.
A MILLION AND A HALF MEN WERE GEARING UP FOR FOR BATTLE THAT
MORNING. >> WE HAVE HOURS TO CROSS THE
ENGLISH CHANNEL, BUT IT WAS ROUGH. BUT I WAS A
FAT LOT OF MOVEMENT AND WHAT THEY CALL A RIVAL
FERRY. THAT'S A BIG POSITIVE. >> THE ALLIES ARE LANDING
ACROSS OVERALL 100 MILES OF NORMAN COASTLINE. YOU HAVE UTAH
BEACH AND THEN OMAHA BEACH. THERE'S
GOLD FOR THE BRITISH JUNEAU FOR THE CANADIANS AND SWORD FOR THE
BRITISH. >> AND THAT UTAH YOUNG FELLA.
18 19. >> I WAS ON OMAHA BEACH.
I WAS AN OPERATION SERGEANT, GO ON THIS LANDING CRAFT IN FOR A TREAT AND IT WAS ROUGH. >> I DROVE A TRACTOR WITH A 9
MILLIMETER GUN ABOUT OUR JOB TO GET THE GUN ON THE BEACH AND
GET THEIR CAREERS. YOU COULD. AND WE WERE TO GUARD AN
AMMUNITION DUMP AS SOON AS WE GET IT. >> WHAT I SCARED. NEVER NEVER
SCARED. OF COURSE WE ALL KNEW. WATCH ABOVE THE BUS. NOT COMING
BACK. I NEVER GAVE A THOUGHT THAT I
WOULD MAKE IT. >> THE GERMANS HAVE TROOPS AND
FORTIFICATIONS AND GUNS THAT ALL 5 OF THOSE BEACHES. I
WASN'T AN EASY READ APPROACH. >> THE PILOT GOT A LITTLE BIT
SCARED. SO YOU THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT SOON. WE WERE IN WATER RIGHT UP TO
OUR CHIN THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN UP TO OUR WAIST. >> WE'VE GOT OFF OF THE ROUTE
THERE ON THE BEACH. WE HAD TO GO IN A HALF A MILE FROM COURT. WE WANT IT. >> THEY WERE KILLED AND MASS.
75 AND PLATOONS, 2, 3, SURVIVORS IN THE OPENING
OPENING MINUTES. >> MORE PEOPLE KILLED AN EASY
READ THAN ANY OF THE ELDER LANDING STRIPS. I DIDN'T USE CRACK. >> SOME OF THEM NEVER RUN A
CITY. THAT'S THE PART I DON'T LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT. AS YOU HEAD OUT PEOPLE. THAT'S THAT'S TOUGH. AND THE
TIGHT. >> 2 MG 42 THAT WERE TODAY AT
THE FIRM OPPOSITE SIDES FROM ABOVE. IT WAS SHOOTING FOR THE CLIFFS
DOWN ON THE OCEAN. THEY WERE TRYING TO KILL ME. >> WHEN JEREMY CHEN KNOW BOXES,
OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM WAS TO GET THESE WAS OUT OF THAT. NO BOX. >> I WOULDN'T FOR THEM TO STOP
SHOOTING. SO I TURNED MY HEAD AND THAT WAS THE BODY OF THE
SOLDIER LATER. >> AND HIS HELMET HAVE NO HEAD
TO IT IN THE HELMET. >> THE GUY IS TELLING ME, GET
UP AND RUN RIGHT NOW. AND I DID. IT WAS LIKE MAGIC. >> THEN JEANNE, 42 MACHINE
GUNS. BOTH SHUT. ALL PUT THE SAME TIME. I WAS 5 FOOT, 10 HIGHWAY 220
PALMS. I'M GLAD THE GERMANS AREN'T GOOD. THAT SHOOTING THAT
TOOTHPICKS. I MADE IT TO THE BEACH. >> THE THING I CAN REMEMBER I
WAS BEGUN BY FOX HOLE. I WAS LOOKING TO SET UP THAT COMMAND
POST. THAT WAS MY DUTY AND WE GOT IT
SET UP. THERE IS STILL HOT FOR THE 5.
THE FOR THE COM THAT. >> THE TROOPS GOT ASHORE
AGAINST GERMAN OPPOSITION AND WITH LOSSES BUT MANAGED TO TO
GET ASHORE AND ESTABLISH THEM. SO GREAT FOR ME. PRETTY SOON.
YOU HAVE OVER A MILLION ALLIED FORCES. WELL SHORT IN THE
NORMANDY BEACHES, THE WATER WOULD NEVER BEEN DONE
IN MAY OF 1945. IF THE ALLIES HAVE LANDED IN NORMANDY
SUCCESSFULLY IN JUNE OF 1944, 99% OF THE GENERATIONAL COHORT
THAT FOUGHT WORLD WAR 2 IS GOING. >> THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
BURY OVER THERE. >> I HAVE NO ONE LEFT. NO ONE. >> WHERE'S THAT GENERATION?
THEY DID GREAT THINGS FOR THEMSELVES, THE COUNTRY AND FOR
THE WORLD. >> THAT MISS YOU GUYS. AND I'M SORRY ABOUT. >> LEAVING IT THERE. >> BUT IT WASN'T FOR YOU. YOU YOU GUYS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO GET
COME HOME. YOU LED THE WAY FOR ME AND I THANK YOU FOR THE REST OF
MY LIFE. YOU ARE THE HERO. >> NIGHTLY FILMS IS SPONSORED
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