Name: Frank DeVita Describes Landing on the Beach
Duration: 121
Description: Frank DeVita was in charge of lowering the ramp on the USS Samuel Chase on D-Day. The role would haunt him for the rest of his life.

Frank DeVita was in charge of lowering the ramp on the USS Samuel Chase on D-Day. The role would haunt him for the rest of his life.

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Frank DeVita Describes Landing on the Beach

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Frank DeVita was in charge of lowering the ramp on the USS Samuel Chase on D-Day.  The role would haunt him for the rest of his life.

<p>World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. Explore the battles, leaders and atrocities from the war and its impact on geopolitics and humankind.</p>


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