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Six NC State alumni hit the shores of Normandy on the morning of June 6, 1944. After 75 years, their white marble crosses line a green lawn overlooking the English Channel. As they faced the horrors of war, some still felt the pull to their alma mater, writing to the alumni association in the weeks leading up to D-Day. Here are their stories: http://ncst.at/nquaTx
Summer 2016 issue of NC State magazine