The disaster that may have saved D-Day

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(MSNBC.COM) - Frank Derby, a gunner's mate 3rd class who now lives in Fallston, Md., added: "Our officers made it very clear that we'd be court-martialed if we breathed a word of it. That scared the hell out of all of us." Continued

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