D-Day 70 years later: Honoring courage and sacrifice
President Obama and other world leaders are honoring those who sacrificed so much on June 6th, 1944. Mark Phillips reports from Normandy, France.
President Obama and other world leaders are honoring those who sacrificed so much on June 6th, 1944. Mark Phillips reports from Normandy, France.
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GM CEO Mary Barra told employees around the world that the fallout from its ignition switch defect was not a conspiracy, but rather incompetence and neglect. An investigation conducted by an attorney, who had a long relationship with GM, found the company first discovered problems with ignition switches as early as 1999; and, for the remaining survivors of the D-Day invasion, some now in their 90s, this has been a week for one final reunion. And as Mark Phillips explains, for one D-Day veteran it's... Читать дальше...
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Seventy years ago, Jim Martin parachuted into Normandy with the 101st Airborne Division. On Thursday, at 93, Martin joined daredevils from around the world to commemorate the D-Day anniversary by jumping onto the same patch of land. Maurice DuBois reports.
For the remaining survivors of the D-Day invasion, some now in their 90s, this has been a week for one final reunion. And as Mark Phillips explains, for one D-Day veteran it’s taken him 70 years to finally confront a ghost from his past.
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GM CEO Mary Barra told employees around the world that the fallout from its ignition switch defect was not a conspiracy, but rather incompetence and neglect. An investigation conducted by an attorney, who had a long relationship with GM, found the company first discovered problems with ignition switches as early as 1999. Jeff Glor reports.
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