D-Day 75 -- June 6, 2019

General Dwight D Eisenhower issued this message to his soldiers, sailors and airmen on 06-June-1944, D-Day. Click on the image to see a larger version. Thank Heaven "this great and noble undertaking" was a success.

Since I first posted this item in 2011, many World War II veterans have died.  We lose about 350 each day.  Of 16 million American soldiers, sailors and airmen, there are about 500,000 still alive.  (http://www.nationalww2museum.org/honor/wwii-veterans-statistics.html)

The image is from Today's Document (http://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/) at the National Archives.

D-Day 70 -- June 6, 2014

General Dwight D Eisenhower issued this message to his soldiers, sailors and airmen on 06-June-1944, D-Day. Click on the image to see a larger version. Thank Heaven "this great and noble undertaking" was a success.

Since I first posted this item in 2011, many World War II veterans have died.  We lose about 555 each day.  Of 16 million American soldiers, sailors and airmen, there are about 1 million left.  (http://www.nationalww2museum.org/honor/wwii-veterans-statistics.html)

The image is from Today's Document (http://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/) at the National Archives.

D-Day -- June 6, 2011

General Eisenhower issued this message to his soldiers, sailors and airmen on 06-June-1944, D-Day. Click on the image to see a larger version. Thank heaven "this great and noble undertaking" was a success.

The image is from Today's Document (http://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/) at the National Archives.