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The June 6, 1944, order of the day was issued by Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight D. Eisenhower to Allied forces on the eve of D-Day, the first day of the invasion of Normandy. The message was intended to impress upon the troops the importance of their mission which Eisenhower called a "Great Crusade".
Prayer by President Eisenhower; Benediction by Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, Episcopalian, Presiding Bishop; January 21, 1957 inaugural of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Invocation by Rev. Edward L. R. Elson – Presbyterian, Chaplain of the United States Senate; Prayer by Archbishop Michael (Konstantinides) – Orthodox, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
By Eloise Lee On this day 68 years ago, nearly 3 million Allied troops readied themselves for one of the greatest military operations of world history. D-Day. And the push that lead to Hitler's ...
Documents on World War II: D-Day, The Invasion of Normandy at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home; Lt. General Omar Bradley's June 6, 1944 D-Day Maps; The short film Big Picture: D-Day Convoy to Normandy is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
A total of 4,414 Allied troops were killed on D-Day itself, including 2,501 Americans. More than 5,000 were wounded, the Associated Press reported. D Day photos
May 22—The Eisenhower Foundation and the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum will honor and recognize the sacrifices of World War II veterans through a series of events June 1 and 4-6.
[18] [16] The most famous and well known of the speeches occurred on 5 June 1944, the day before D-Day. [19] Though he was unaware of the actual date for the beginning of the invasion of Europe (as the Third Army was not part of the initial landing force), [ 14 ] Patton used the speech as a motivational device to excite the men under his ...
The documentary film is notable for using multiple first-person perspectives as narrative voices, somewhat in the manner of Tunisian Victory (1944). However, in The True Glory, instead of just an American G.I. and a British Tommy, the voices include a Canadian, a French resister, a Parisian civilian family, an African-American tank gunner, and several female perspectives including a nurse and ...