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Ron and Don

Don O'Neill on Omaha Beach. (Don O'Neill, KIRO Radio) This is where the film The Longest Dat starring John Wayne was filmed in 1962. The mannequin represents John Steele a US paratrooper. He survived. (Don O'Neill, KIRO Radio) This is the real American paratrooper who hung from the church John Steele. He played dead. (Don O'Neill, KIRO Radio) (Don O'Neill, KIRO Radio) A local chapel where wounded German and American soldiers laid together on the blood-stained pews you can still see 74 years later. (Don O'Neill, KIRO Radio) One of the final resting place of The Greatest Generation. The American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach, Normandy France. (Don "O'Neill, KIRO Radio) Final morning run through the fields of the American 101st and 82nd. This is how it would have looked 74 years ago. (Don O'Neill, KIRO Radio) Many of the churches and chapels have replaced the broken stained glass with a tribute to the American paratroopers. Look closely. (Don O'Neill, KIRO Radio) Don O'Neill at Omaha Beach. (Don O'Neill, KIRO Radio) These hedgerows were built by The Vikings to farm. The German Army flooded them to drown American Paratroopers. (Don O'Neill, KIRO Radio) Many of the farm roads in Normandy have been renamed after Allied soldiers. (Don O'Neill, KIRO Radio)
Don O’Neill visits Normandy, France