A member of the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division, veteran Harold "Hal" Baumgarten gives his firsthand account of the June 6, 1944, landing on Dog Green sector of Omaha Beach. A multidecorated hero, Baumgarten was wounded five times before being evacuated. In 1991, he served as a consultant for the filming of the WWII movie Saving Private Ryan.
Dr. Baumgarten’s exploits have been reported in People, U.S. News and World Report, USA Today, and various other newspapers throughout the United States. He also has been featured on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition and by Tom Brokaw on NBC. Besides his countless television appearances that include interviews on CNN, CBS, The History Channel, and networks in France, Austria, and Germany, he was a guest speaker at The National D-Day Museum in New Orleans in June 2000.