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East Hampton VFW D-Day Vets Return To Normandy

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D-Day veteran Gene Beckwith of Montauk recounts his part in the Battle of Normandy. LAURA WEIR

D-Day veteran Gene Beckwith of Montauk recounts his part in the Battle of Normandy. LAURA WEIR

Navy Motor Machinist Mate Petty Officer 1st Class Gene Beckwith COURTESY GENE BECKWITH

Navy Motor Machinist Mate Petty Officer 1st Class Gene Beckwith COURTESY GENE BECKWITH

D-Day veteran Gene Beckwith of Montauk recounts his part in the Battle of Normandy. LAURA WEIR

D-Day veteran Gene Beckwith of Montauk recounts his part in the Battle of Normandy. LAURA WEIR

Members of the East Hampton VFW Post 550 are taking a trip to Normandy

Members of the East Hampton VFW Post 550 are taking a trip to Normandy

France. LAURA WEIR

France. LAURA WEIR

authorLaura Weir on Mar 31, 2015
U.S. Navy Machinist Gene Beckwith toiled in the cramped, sweltering engine room of a World War II landing craft as it broke the waves of Omaha Beach to launch Sherman... more

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