When the Sea Came Alive - An Oral History Of D-Day

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Jun 7, 202675:27Society & Culture

Author Garrett Graff discussed his oral history of the allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. This event took place at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York City. Learn...

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