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- Hi, I'm Sargent Charles Mccormick

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of the U.S Band and
Chorus, I'm a percussionist

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and I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio.

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My connection to D-Day is that
my grandfather was actually

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in the navy as a captain driving
the boats up to Omaha Beach

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during the actual invasion.

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He served an integral part of
the operation and I am very

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proud of him for that, I've
actually just started to really

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feel how much of a impact that has been,

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currently since we have been here.

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Just seeing how receptive the
French population is of people

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that we have been able
to interact with since

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we've been here, it's, the
amount of respect that they have

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and the fact that 75 years
later they still remember

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is, it's fantastic so.

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It instills me with a sense
of pride, not just for

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the U.S Army and the Department of Defense

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but as a family name,

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that I have a lot to live
up for, to live up to.

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I hope they take away a
general appreciation for just

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everything that happened in
World War Two and that everybody

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that we came to fight with
and assist, they are still

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appreciative of that.