6-4-04 - This weekend marks the 60th anniversary of the D-Day
invasion, when allied forces began an invasion of France that
would liberate the country and mark the turning point of World
War II. One Bonham man survived the battle of Omaha Beach, and
says he remembers D-Day like it was yesterday. Frank Newingham
was in his early 20’s when he landed on Omaha Beach. Married
with a child at the time, the soldier was responsible for
building communication lines at the front. Before the battle was
over, a Nazi soldier would stab him. And Newingham still carries
the physical and emotional scars of the war. He has suffered
from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome since the war and often
thinks of the friends who never left those beaches. Although
people now consider him a hero, he thinks of himself as just a
survivor. Designed by Gray Digital Media