Jim Parks still vividly remembers the day he and his platoon stormed the beaches of Normandy more than 70 years ago.Parks, a member of the Winnipeg Rifles, was among the first wave of Canadian soldiers to land at Juno Beach on June 6, 1944, two minutes before the main assault wave hit.His boat was struck by the Germans as heavy machine guns fired on them, forcing him to jump in the water.
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