Bill Cain Online - 6 June 1944 … America At Her Finest!
. I know that date means something to you. From my very earliest days of elementary school, certain dates stand out like the shining sun on a snow-crusted hilltop. 1492. 1609. 1776. 1812. July 4. 9/11. December 25. Personal birthdays. Anniversaries. Deaths of loved ones. And June 6, aka D-Day.
Even before I knew what “D-Day” meant, I heard it being used in daily conversation. It always meant an important day, a day of reckoning, a day with weight and meaning attached. When we learned in the Fall of 1988 that Renee was pregnant, the initial due date we were given was 6 June! I was elated. While our son decided to wait until June 10 to enter the world, I kept my fingers crossed until the very last second of 6 June passed into the night.
It’s fitting that D-Day falls roughly a week beyond Memorial Day each year. Consider this post an “epilogue” to my three lead-ins to Memorial Day. Because if there was ever a day we should “always remember, never forget,” it’s 6 June 1944. D-Day.
From the moment France fell in 1940, Allied Commanders planned and prepared for the opening of a second front in Western Europe. That plan became reality on 6 June 1944. On that historic day, Operation OVERLORD commenced in earnest as U.S., British and Canadian troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, on the English Channel coast east of Cherbourg and west of Le Havre.
“People of Western Europe: A landing was made this morning on the coast of France by troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force. … I call upon all who love freedom to stand with us. Keep your faith staunch. Our arms are resolute. Together we shall achieve victory.” Broadcast by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 6, 1944.
Under overall command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and, on the ground, of British General Bernard Montgomery, more than 130,000 Allied troops landed on five beaches (code named Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword, and Utah). On the night before the amphibious landings, 23,000 U.S. and British paratroopers landed in France behind the German defensive lines by parachute and glider. The invasion force of more than 155,000 troops included 50,000 vehicles (including 1,000 tanks) while nearly 7,000 naval craft and more than 11,500 aircraft provided air and sea support.
“There was another guy beside me and we were the first two off that boat.
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