On both sides of the Atlantic last week, old comrades peered across the decades at the magic, terrible day 30 years before when the Allied armies invaded Normandy. Omar Bradley, one of D-day's last surviving great generals, attended ceremonies on Utah Beach and paid homage "to all who sacrificed where only God could witness their charity to their fellow man." Hugh Polley then a Candain sergeant major, recalled being wounded three times. "Don't ask why I went back to the fight. I don't know myself. I landed in the first wave, and by God I...
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