#operation overlord

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On June 5, 1944, two members of the ‘Filthy Thirteen’ with the 101st Airborne Division, Clarence Ware applies war paint to Charles Plauda, before jumping into Normandy.

The Filthy Thirteen was the name given to the 1st Demolition Section of the Regimental Headquarters Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. They were ordered to secure or destroy the bridges over the Douve River during the Normandy Invasion of Europe in June 1944. Half were either killed, wounded or captured, but they accomplished their mission.

This unit was best known for the famous photo which appeared in Stars and Stripes, showing two members wearing Indian-style “mohawks” and applying war paint to one another. The inspiration for this came from unit sergeant Jake McNiece, who was part Choctaw.

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Order of the Day message delivered to Allied forces from General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, prior to the D-Day invasion, June 6, 1944.

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Troops of the British 3rd Infantry Division come ashore on Sword Beach, 0845 hours, 6 June 1944. They are led by the 84th Company of Royal Engineers. In the middle distance, medics tend to wounded men, while at the rear, commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade disembark from landing craft. Photo credit: Sgt. J. Mapham/Imperial War Museum.

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Today is the 79th anniversary of the Normandy landings

Band of Brothers | Currahee & Day of Days

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Friends, meet Dennis Boldt, a World War II #Veteran who landed on Utah Beach during #DDay. He, along with other Veterans, have returned to Sainte-Mère-Église, and the Normandy area, to commemorate #DDay80.

Please join us as we honor him and all #WWII Veterans.

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American troops landing at Omaha beach, Easy Red sector. 6 June 1944

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USS AUGUSTA (CA-31) off Normandy, while boats from USS ANNE ARUNDEL (AP-76) head for the beaches.

Note: the photo has been retouched AUGUSTA's radars, as well as certain items of equipment that appear to have been mounted in the landing boats.

-Information from Navsource: link

Date: June 6, 1944

NARA: 80-G-45720

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This kitten was given to a group of Coast Guardsmen by children in Salerno, Italy. She was adopted, proclaimed mascot for a Coast Guard-manned tank-landing ship, and named "Dee-Day." When #DDay arrived, "Dee-Day" was aboard her ship as it hit the beaches of Normandy.

This first invasion cat did her job well; the ship unloaded its men and equipment and re-crossed the English Channel without severe casualties.

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Soldats canadiens au canon antiaérien Bofors 40 mm L/60 pour protéger le secteur de Juno Beach – Bataille de Normandie – Bernières-sur-Mer – Calvados – Normandie – France – Juin 1944

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Omaha Beach, 6 juin 1944. Débarquement. Opération Overlord.

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Second Lieutenant Walter Sidlowski kneels over the blanket covered body of an American soldier he had just helped rescue from the surf off Omaha Beach. Exhausted, Sidlowski appears motionless. His dripping wet uniform hugged by an inflated life belt, his face tortured and staring as though he is looking at someone but can’t find the words to speak.

Behind him the scene carries on, other men work to treat those that were saved while waves churn the waters of the English Channel beneath a vast invasion armada. Yet Sidlowski is still, caught in the moment by US Army Signal Corps photographer Walter Rosenblum in one of the most famous images of D-Day.

This image quickly became one of the most iconic of D-Day, used and reproduced by the thousands to represent the titanic struggle that started on the beaches of Northern France on June 6. The only complication to this representation is this photo was taken on June 7, D+1.

(Photo by: Walter Rosenblum/USA)

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Commemorations Marking The 80th Anniversary Of D-Day Take Place In Portsmouth

Prince William, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Rishi Sunak, his wife Akshata Murtyn, and Foreign Secretary David Cameron attend the UK's National Commemorative Event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, hosted by the Ministry of Defence on Southsea Common on 5 June 2024 in Portsmouth, England.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla lead the commemorative events in Portsmouth ahead of the actual 80th Anniversary of D-Day on June 6th.

Veterans, VIP Guests and school children are attending an event on Southsea Common.

Portsmouth was where tens of thousands of troops set off to Normandy to participate in Operation Overlord.

They established a foothold on the French coast and advanced to liberate northwest Europe.

📸: Andrew Matthews - Pool / Kin Cheung - Pool / Leon Neal / Getty Images

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Operation Overlord Normandy, France D-Day: June 6, 1944

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80 years ago on June 6, 1944, D-day began.

Wounded soldiers of the U.S. 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division on a smoke break after capturing Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Drawn in 2021.

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On June 6, 1944, a combined Allied force of 156,115 U.S., British and Canadian troops loaded onto 6,939 ships and landing vessels steamed towards five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.