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    I'd do it again, says D-day Omaha beach 'suicide wave' veteran

    Trump and Macron laud Russell Pickett, sole survivor of US infantry company that led the charge
    by Daniel Boffey in Colleville-sur-Mer Jun 06, 2019 3 minutes
    Russell Pickett, 94, says he has flashbacks to the landing 75 years ago but says: ‘I thought my country was worth it then and I still do.’ Photograph: Better Defense Foundation

    As Russell Pickett, 94, from Tennessee, was helped to his feet by the French president and hugged by Donald Trump, the 15,000 people gathered at the American cemetery in Normandy to commemorate the D-day landings 75 years ago stood to applaud.

    “A tough guy,” the US president said, gesturing to the sole survivor of Company A of the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, which led the charge 75 years ago on to Omaha beach, a chaotic bloodbath which became known as the “suicide wave”and was made infamous by the Hollywood film .

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