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Veteran remembers crossing the English Channel in 1944

Charles Thomas was a member of some of the first allied forces to land in Normandy.

06/07/2014 | Rating NR

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Veteran remembers crossing the English Channel in 1944

Clip: 6/7/2014 | 3m 5s

Charles Thomas was a member of some of the first allied forces to land in Normandy.

Private First Class Charles Thomas was only 20 years old and thousands of miles away from his home in Chicago when he took part in the most audacious amphibious military invasion in world history. Eddie Arruza of Chicago Tonight reports.

06/07/2014 | Rating NR

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