Flag from Battleship Texas flies again for D-Day

By Ramit PlushnickMasti
Published May 23, 2014 1:31pm ET
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Flag from Battleship Texas flies again for D-Day
Workers at the Houston Museum of Natural Science work on an exhibit spotlighting the flag from the USS Texas in Houston. The 17-by-9 foot, 48-star flag flew over the battleship on D-Day, June 6, 1944, off the beaches at Normandy. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) | Pat Sullivan

HOUSTON — The clouds were low. The sea was rough. A cacophony of shouting men and the constant boom of exploding shells filled the air. Waves of American, British and Canadian soldiers landed on Normandy’s beaches. The hospital ship filled rapidly with the injured, and the USS Texas began taking on casualties.

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