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107-year-old WWII veteran from Wisconsin recalls 80th anniversary D-Day trip to Normandy

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Reynolds Tomter is the oldest living Merchant Marine in the world.

Tomter enlisted in the Merchant Marines during World War II .

He was stationed in Brooklyn , New York when he realized just how close they were to the war.

He returned to Pigeon Falls after the war and never thought he'd go back to Europe .

He and about 70 other veterans spent nearly two weeks in Normandy .

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informal

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English

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