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Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Operation Overlord
Seventy-three years ago the Normandy landings commenced on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. It was the largest invasion armada assembled and was both the beginning of the end for German Nazi rule and the liberation of Europe. My pop arrived shortly after the invasion as an infantry replacement in a weapons platoon - a heavy machine gunner. Some photos from a visit only a few years ago of his battleground...
Battle photos US Army
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