Veterans Get Victory Lap in Indy 500 Parade-- Part 6: D-Day "Shortest Mission"

Bob Pedigo said that in all, 150,000 Allied troops, about half of them Americans, came ashore June 6, 1944, for D-Day.  Thirty minutes before the troops hit the beaches, Pedigo was clearing a path for them, dropping bombs from his plane.

"It was my shortest mission; we saw very little anti-aircraft fire, but it was a very costly mission," he said.  "We had 12,000 men died."

Though things went smoothly for him, Pedigo said, "I knew how bad it was on the beach."

--GreGen