Dwindling number of D-Day veterans mark anniversary with plea to recall WWII lessons in today鈥檚 wars
鈥淭here are things worth fighting for,鈥� said Walter Stitt, who fought in tanks and turns 100 in July, as he visited Omaha Beach this week.
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