D-Day 2019 (In Pictures)

[Justin Richardson]

This Then and Now Photo of Omaha Beach, Normandy Gave Me Chills

(Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944)

(Omaha Beach, June 6, 2018)

(Omaha Beach with her ghostly past.)

(Utah Beach, June 6, 1944)

(Juno Beach, June 6, 2018)

(Juno Beach, June 6, 1944)

 

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[Justin Richardson]

“Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt

“With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace -- a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph. They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest -- until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war. For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and goodwill among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home. Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

[Dalia]

At 1:30 in the morning, June 6, American parachutists "jump" on the Cotentin. At the same time, Allied aviation began a methodical shelling of German defense systems.

 

[Dalia]

South of Caen August 1944, Lieutenant Jerzy Januszajtis of the 1st Polish Armored Division filmed the departure of the armored vehicles at the beginning of Operation Totalize. (No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Wilkes (Sgt)).

 

[Dalia]

The 2nd Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army created during the Second World War. It was nicknamed Hell on Wheels (literally "Hell on Wheels").
It was commanded by General George Patton in person from November 1940 to January 1942.

 

[Dalia]

In front of Utah, the first wave is led by General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States
At 0630, a navigational error deported the landing craft to the west, 2km from their initial landing point. The former Governor of Puerto Rico and the Philippines, the former president of American Express, makes a decision of general. "We start the war here," he told his staff.

Brigadier General Théodore Roosevelt Junior - O-139726.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is buried in the Colleville-sur-Mer military cemetery. He rests near his brother, killed during the First World War.