Heritage Auctions spokesman Noah Fleisher says the 48-star flag from the guide boat was sold during a live auction in Dallas. The U.S. flag flown on the stern of the boat that led the first American troops onto Utah Beach on D-Day was sold on Sunday for $514,000 at auction in Texas. Live bidding started Sunday at that level, he said. The seller acquired it last year when Vander Beek's family sold the historic item at an estate auction. Heritage says the guide boat's skipper, Lt. Howard Vander Beek of Cedar Falls, Iowa, kept the flag up until his 2014 death.

Source: Fox News June 12, 2016 19:07 UTC