They gave their lives to shift a desperately dire outcome; in the face of an enemy who had killed millions... Absolute bravery paved the way for the June 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion; as evidenced in the official archives of paratroopers and glider corps; which led the effort...
The U.S. 82nd & 101st Airborne Divisions successfully implemented their mission 'entry-point' at Normandy, France... We must never forget those men who put themselves in harms way; and those who still do so, today...
"(---) The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." -Gen. Dwight D. EisenhowerWWII Vets mark D-Day anniversary in Normandy
CRICQUEVILLE-EN-BESSIN, France-[June 6, 2011]
More than 40 World War II veterans gather, to rededicate a reopened monument to the D-Day invasion...[read]
"In two coordinated operations, 24,000 airborne troops attacked just after midnight. At 6:30 that morning, Operation Neptune brought 160,000 troops to the shores of Normandy in the largest amphibious assault in history." [read]
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