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“Little hard information was available, but many veterans of Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester were calling D-Day at Peleliu their worst fight yet.”
“There was a tiny stroke of fortune for the organisers, though, in that the paper was published on 7 June 1944 and refers to the D-Day landings in Normandy, rather than the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, which led to the deaths of more than 20 million Soviet citizens.”
The Guardian: Anton Hysen states case for coming out and for his father's speech
“Six weeks after Kennedy’s trip, Granddad made what was to be his final visit to Normandy, this time in his role as a “part-time” correspondent for CBS news to film the special entitled D-Day Plus 20 Years.”
“But I was stunned when I first learned that during the pre-dawn bombardment by the Allies of the German defensive positions on D-Day, the inhabitants of Normandy who lost their lives outnumbered the Americans who fell on Omaha Beach.”
The Huffington Post: Andy Kutler: The Other Side of Normandy
“An intimate of Air Force commander Henry "Hap" Arnold, he also advised Gen. Dwight Eisenhower on using gliders to ferry troops on D-Day.”
The Wall Street Journal: Combat Ace Led Early Commando Operations
“He hit the beaches of Normandy on D-Day and served in the 12th Infantry Regiment with valorous men, three-quarters of whom were dead by the end of the war.”
“The Longest Day (1962): Â This movie details the events that occurred on D-Day.”
“Five Famous People Who Fought On D-DayWith this being the 66th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, we thought we'd bring you a group of famous people that landed on the beaches there, that morning.”
“The opening 24 minutes of the film is based upon the Normandy landing on D-Day at Omaha Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944, but that is where the historical side ends and the story takes over.”
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