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Veteran looks back on D-Day

Darien resident Frank Valente was just 19 years old when he landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944. At the time he was known as Pfc. Frank Valente and was about to enter a bloody battleground

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Jun 6, 2008, 7:34 PM

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