(NEXSTAR) – The American soldiers who landed on the beaches of Normandy demonstrated incredible bravery amid some of the most intense fighting of the D-Day operations, often while faced with scenarios that some men could only describe as “hell” on earth.
"I feel lucky every day of my life," WWII veteran Vernon Lingle once said in an interview with the U.S. Department of Defense, after describing the “hell” he witnessed on June 6. 1944. "And I praise God every day that I'm able to stand...