D-Day Anniversary: Invasion resonates 67 years later

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- In later years, they were dubbed the Greatest Generation, but on June 6, 1944, they were merely young soldiers, sailors and airmen carrying out their duties.

They made their way across the choppy waters of the English Channel, each one weighted down with an impossible load of weapons and provisions, to face a battle-hardened army of German soldiers.

They clambered out of landing ships, some of them sinking under the weight of their backpacks, crawled onto the beaches and scaled the cliffs, all the while facing a constant barrage of enemy fire.

The invasion of Normandy was a massive undertaking, exacting a high number of casualties. But Operation Overlord, as it was code-named, is credited by historians with turning the tide of World War II in favor of the Allies....