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  • Photo of the D-Day landing

    "Photograph of American soldiers landing off the coast of France under heavy Nazi machine gun fire, June 6, 1944."
    National Archives, Record of the U.S. Coast Guard
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  • Eisenhower's Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen message

    D-Day Statement to Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force
    Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
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  • Eisenhower's In Case of Failure Message

    "In Case of Failure" Message Drafted by General Dwight Eisenhower in Case the D-Day Invasion Failed
    Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
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  • Photo of Eisenhower with paratroopers

    “General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day, ’Full victory-nothing else‘ to paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe,” June 5, 1944...Read more

    “General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day, ’Full victory-nothing else‘ to paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe,” June 5, 1944
    National Archives, Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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  • Bach Report, page 1

    Notes of D-Day Operations by Major Stanley Bach
    National Archives, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917-
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  • Map of Omaha beach

    Exit Path Map for Omaha Beach
    National Archives, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917-
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    Photo of the D-Day landing
    Eisenhower's Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen message
    Eisenhower's In Case of Failure Message
    Photo of Eisenhower with paratroopers
    Bach Report, page 1
    Map of Omaha beach
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