They Were There At Omaha Beach-- Part 1

From the June 6, 2019, Chicago Tribune  "A Day Like No Other" by Ron Grossman.

Veteran Richard Rung, 94, spoke at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on Wednesday.  Rung participated in the D-Day landing at Omaha Beach with the U.S. Navy and helped send ammunition supplies to the troops.

He spent two months in Europe and then served in the Pacific theater.  Rung grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., and now lives in Carol Stream.  "I am not only in history, but history is in me," he said.  "Omaha is not 75 years ago for me.  Periodically, it can be yesterday."

They Were There.