Meanwhile, 69 years later...

“We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit.” ~ General George S. Patton, Jr


It's the largest seaborne invasion in history.

The invasion's code name was Operation Overlord.

June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.

(graciously borrowed from http://www.army.mil/d-day/)

(graciously borrowed from http://www.awesomestories.com/assets/evacuating-injured-soldier)

Thank you for your sacrifices,
Richard H. Nebe Jr.

"never apologize for being patriotic" - Toby Keith