1. Various of US 29th Infantry Division soldiers being honored at a ceremony on Omaha beach

2. Cutaway of US and French flags

3. Waves on Omaha Beach, Normandy France

4. Man on beach

5. War memorial on beach

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Harold Baumgarten, 29th Infantry Division (Transcript below)

7. Cutaway of Baumgarten

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Harold Baumgarten, 29th Infantry Division (Transcript below)

9. Variuos D-Day veterans of 29th Infantry Division.

10. SOUNDBITE (English): Mark Carlson, Associated Press (Transcript below)

11. Covering shot of white cross grave stones at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Melnikoff, 29th Infantry Division (Transcript below)

13. Wide shot of cross grave stones at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

14. Various Veterans at Omaha Beach Ceremonies.

VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:

(natural sound of star spangle banner)

THEIR HANDS ARE AS STEADY AS THEY WERE 70 YEARS AGO.

THESE MEN FROM THE 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION STORMED OMAHA BEACH ON D-DAY JUNE 6TH 1944.

(Nats of “Their sacrifice shall never be forgotten”)

THEY ARE PERMANENTLY WELCOME IN NORMANDY…CEREMONY AFTER CEREMONY…THESE MEN ARE THANKED.

OMAHA BEACH IS FULL OF VIVID MEMORIES FOR HAROLD BAUMGARTEN.

SOUNDBITE (English) Harold Baumgarten/29th Infantry Division

“I can look out at that beach and tell you where each was laying and I can describe his face even now a days.”

HIS OWN SCARRED FACE IS A PERMANENT MEMORY OF HIS FIRST MOMENTS OF BATTLE.

SOUNDBITE (English) Harold Baumgarten/29th Infantry Division

“I landed on this beach in the first wave and I got wounded 5 times. Three times on D-Day and twice on June 7th. I had to stop. I ran out of blood.”

WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME…THEY ARE CLOSE TO 90 YEARS OLD…PEOPLE ARE GRABBING MEMORIES OF THESE

MEN, AFRAID THAT THEY WILL NOT BE AROUND TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES AT THE NEXT ANNIVERSARY.

SOUNDBITE MARK CARLSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

“The veterans from the 29th infantry division are famous because they made it off of this beach and survived the war.

but when it comes to talking about heros, they point in a different direction.”

SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Melnikoff/29th Infantry Division

“And I always say those guys on the bluff, there the ones that are responsible for guys like me and the rest of the vets you see to get back home. They paid the price. They are the heros.”

9,387 MEN LIE IN THE NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY UNABLE TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES…THIS GROUP OF 10 MEN FROM THE 29TH CONTINUES TO SHARE LIVING STORIES OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE 70 YEARS AGO.

MARK CARLSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS, SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-MER, FRANCE.