(WHTM) -- Today is June 6, the 81st anniversary of D-Day. It was the Allied invasion of France—the beginning of the Allies' retaking power in continental Europe—and one of the heroes that day was Staff Sergeant Joe Folino.

Folino fought in the Battle of the Bulge and stormed Utah Beach at Normandy. He lives outside Pittsburgh and spoke to abc27 news with his daughter, who lives in York Springs.

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"The worst wasn't the Battle of the Bulge," Folino said. "It was the battle with the cold. We got caught sleeping there, but once we got our river clothes on, we did feel good. But before that, we suffered from the cold."

The number of living WWII veterans is shrinking.

At 103 years old, Folino is the oldest of the sixteen World

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