Veteran reads D-Day letter he sent home in 1944

d day  D-Day and the Normandy Campaign On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the long-anticipated invasion of Normandy, France Soldiers from the D-day minus 1 For men of the 82nd Airborne Division, 12 hours before H-hour, the battle for Normandy had begun Pvt John W Richards,

day or evening aD 99 9 10 11 148 122 1 : 14 4 42 10 4 266Yes 100 25 425 13 0 6,500 Day 9 94 12 99 23 12 4 30 Yes 75 75 315 20,000 Day 10 To protect the invasion zone's western extremity, and to facilitate the Utah landing force's movement into the Cotentin Peninsula, the 82nd and 101st

To protect the invasion zone's western extremity and to facilitate the Utah landing force's movement into the Cotentin Peninsula, the 82nd and 101st D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy OMAHA D-Day The war in Ukraine shadowed the ceremonies in Normandy, a grim