Speed and scale. Scale only the American war machine could produce. And we are producing again today. May we learn from this past. Later that Tuesday morning, The greatest amphibious assault in human history was unleashed [later that Tuesday morning]. Our American warriors set out to take Omaha and Utah beaches. They rode in Higgins boats, a masterstroke of American engineering, manufactured by the blue collar grit of 20,000 workers in New Orleans. (04:41–04:47)
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