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One of first soldiers to charge the beach on D-Day was a Canadian bagpiper, who said he only survived because German snipers thought he was too crazy to shoot

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Matt Cardy/Getty Images On June 6, 1944, D-Day soldier Bill Millin played the bagpipes to boost morale as Allied troops stormed beaches in Normandy, France, to liberate Nazi-occupied France. His commander ordered him to wade on the Normandy shores and play Scottish classics, even though England had banned bagpipers. Millin, who was dubbed the "Mad […]

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