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Return To D-Day: On The Way Back
CBS 11 Anchor Doug Dunbar with World War II U.S. veterans before the trip of a lifetime. (credit: cbsdfw.com) June 1, 2013: As I write, we’re 33,000 feet over the Midwest, after our smooth departure...
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Return To D-Day: Return To Normandy
(credit: CBS 11) NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM) – The overnight: It was an emotional and honored send-off for the North Texas D Day veterans (pictured above) from JFK airport. If any city, region and state...
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Return To D-Day: Les Ventes, France
(credit: Doug Dunbar/KTVT/KTXA) June 3, 2013 What a day, and what a story you will see next week. Halfway between Paris and Caen is the small French town of Les Ventes. The town, and its people turned...
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Return To D-Day: Utah Beach & Tears
Army Sgt Major Robert Blatnik returns to Omaha Beach, Normandy France (credit: Doug Dunbar/KTVT/KTXA) June 4, 2013 When you write, and share stories for a passion, and a living, a day like today here...
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Return To D-Day: Normandy
Paratrooper memorial in La Fiere. The field is where Robert Bearden landed. (credit: Doug Dunbar/KTVT/KTXA) June 5 – One day to D Day Today we traveled from Caen, to Sainte-Mere-Eglise, home to the...
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Return To D-Day: The Longest Day
D-Day ceremony at Pointe du Hoc (credit: Doug Dunbar/KTVT/KTXA) June 6 I made it a point to be up before 0630 this morning. I wanted to see what things looked like, at that hour, realizing it was...
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Return To D-Day: The Letter
This morning, I received an amazing update from our Return to Normandy. (credit: CBS 11 News/Doug Dunbar) I took nearly 500 photos last week, and one of them was of 92 year old Major Earl Tweed, 29th...
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Return To D-Day: The Sendoff
Quiet American Airlines program gives vets 1st class send-off.
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Return To D-Day: Back On The Beach
CBS 11 and Doug Dunbar were given the honor of documenting an emotional journey back to Normandy, France thus June with a group of veterans who captured our hearts. They left JFK airport, amid a...
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Return To D-Day: American Cemetery
Part of the week-long mission during the return to Normandy, France for eight north Texas hero's from World War II, was to pay respects to the men they served with, who never made it home. On a chilly...
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Return To D-Day: Sgt. Maj. Robert Blatnik
In this report we narrow our focus to just one of our eight D-Day veterans, who returned to Normandy, France last week. Sixty-nine years to the day, Sgt. Major Robert Blatnik was able to walk the same...
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Return To D-Day: Peggy’s Love Story
In this report: There was a woman who traveled with our eight veterans back to Normandy, and she has a connection to WW II that these men had to see for themselves. Most had not met Peggy Harris before...
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Return To D-Day: Gratitude
It's been nothing short of an honor to share the living history of eight ordinary men who live among us, who did extraordinary things. The entire week we spent in France, there was a recurring sight...
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“Return To D-Day” Special: Part 4
Part 4 of the CBS 11 Special: Return To D-Day (original airdate: 11/17)
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“Return To D-Day” Special: Part 3
Part 3 of the CBS 11 Special: Return To D-Day (original airdate: 11/17)
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“Return To D-Day” Special: Part 2
Part 2 of the CBS 11 Special: Return To D-Day (original airdate: 11/17)
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“Return To D-Day” Special: Part 1
Part 1 of the CBS 11 Special: Return To D-Day (original airdate: 11/17)
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Return To D-Day: And So It Begins
May 29, 4pm. American Airlines Gate D23 at DFW Airport. D-Day veteran Charlie Alford, who was an Army forward observer during the Normandy invasion, Battle of the Bulge and a concentration camp...
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Return To D-Day: From Fair Fight To Atrocity
It was a short winding ride through the north side of Bastogne, to reach the former home of the 101st Airborne today. The Battle of the Bulge base of operations for the screaming eagles, and housing,...
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Return To D-Day: The Monuments Men
Everywhere we go, every person our D-Day heroes have spoken to, the words “thank you” are ever-present. If you’ve never been here, it’s hard to understand the sincere gratitude that exists in this part...
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