Off the Normandy coast,Earl W.Norwood was a 17-year-old sailor who operated a landing craft between the ships and Omaha Beach, one of the beaches where the Americans landed.
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But I do know this: My father was on OmahaBeach 55 years ago.
Obama did not mention that OmahaBeach became necessary because in the years leading up to World War II, politicians preferred to look the other way, talk, appease and hope they could muddle through.