LYNSEY MUKOMEL.
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WE START TONIGHT HONORING THE
GREATEST GENERATION.ABOUT AN
HOUR AGO -- SEVERAL WORLD WAR
TWO-ERA PLANES FLEW ACROSS
GRAND RAPIDS -- TO SALUTE
THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR FLAG
-- AND ENSURED OUR FREEDOMS 75
YEARS AGO TODAY.
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NEWS 8'S JACQUELINE FRANCIS
WAS DOWNTOWN FOR THE SHOW.WHAT
WAS IT LIKE?
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IT WAS INCREDIBLE-- NOT JUST
TO SEE THE PLANES FLYING ABOVE
US- BUT TO WXPERIRNCR THAT
MOMENT WITH WORLD WAR II
VETERANS WHO WE'RE GATHERED
HERE ON THE GILLETTE BRIDGE
AND THE SURROUNDING AREA TO
WATCH THE TRIBUTE.
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THE VETERANS WE SPOKE TO WERE
ALL WELL INTO THEIR 90S.. BUT
THEIR MEMORIES HAVE HARDLY
FADED. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO THE STORIES THEY
BROUGHT HOME FROM THE BATTLE
FIELD.
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