Sergeant Joe Beyrle parachuted into Normandy during the allied D-Day invasion of Europe on June 6,1944.

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He also hosts the video tour of historic D-Day sites in the documentary The Americans on D-Day, which he made with British producer and fellow Normandy resident Richard Lanni.

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Mr.Obama's June 4 speech in the Egyptian capital will take place as part of a trip that will include visits to Germany and France to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War Two.

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Mr Obama has agreed to return to France to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.

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It was 60 years ago, and it was almost impossible for later generations - despite everything that was in the film Saving Private Ryan - to even imagine what bravery it took to land on D-Day and fight the ferocious Normandy campaign.

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As a staff sergeant with the 293rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Lewis landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day and had been fighting for nearly a year.

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