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6JUN44

Utah --- U.S. 4th Infantry Division
101st and 82nd Airborne dropped behind the lines

Omaha ---- U.S. 1st and 29th Infantry Divisions
U.S. Army Rangers assaulted a cliff-top artillery position overlooking Omaha.

Gold---- British 50th Division
Supported by specialized armored vehicles of the 79th Armoured Division

Juno--- 3rd Canadian Infantry Division with
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, The Canadian Scottish Regiment, Regine Rifle Regiment, North Shore Regiment, and Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.

Sword---British 3rd Division: The primary infantry unit tasked with the assault
French and British commandos: Attached to the 3rd Division and played a role in the assault.
6th Airborne Division: Assaulted bridges and other key objectives inland from the beach.
Many other units were involved in various roles.
 
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A group of US Army Junior ROTC Cadets from Ansbach Middle/High School in Germany retraced the steps at the place where the allied invasion of Europe began on June 6, 1944 -- the beaches of Normandy France. These are cadets in the US Department of Defense Education Activity Program, ie, public schools on US foreign military bases for children of US armed forces personnel abroad.


Cadets of US Army Junior ROTC | Ansbach High School | Ansbach Germany​

Visit Normandy France | Anniversary of D-Day June 6, 1944 | World War II​

Participate in Annual Formal Observances | At the Beachheads | Veterans Cemeteries​







Cadets of the Army & Navy Academy | Carlsbad California​

Travel To Normandy For 70th Anniversary of D-Day June 6, 1944​

Navy Veteran of D-Day Speaks To The Cadets Selected To Make The Visit​




Cadets from the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California are in Normandy, France on the 70th anniversary of the Allied Invasion. Before they left, a D-Day veteran helped them prepare for their unforgettable journey.





D-Day - First Smattering of Radio Bulletins on NBC New York​

Then From SHAPE HQ & NBC London Announcing The Invasion Is Underway​




The day when the world was saved. June 6, 1944 -- 3:30am USA Eastern War Time, NBC radio. Lest we forget.

The first two minutes of this 4.5 minute live news bulletin announcing the landing of allied forces in northern France are a series of initial bulletins of the landings to include some from hysterically incoherent Nazi media in Berlin. At 2:00 comes the official statement of the landings from the HQ of Gen. Eisenhower the Supreme Allied Commander Europe announcing the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied Europe is underway.
 
Don’t you have cadet themed thread?
 
Phys251 said:
The good old days, when we all recognized that the fascists were the bad guys. Never forget D-Day.
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The US had totally whitewashed everything the Nazis had done and embraced them as brothers within a decade.
 
Rexedgar said:
Got DD-214?
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He probably does since everyone who goes in gets one when they depart but the separation code is what I would like to know.

Military Separation Codes - Veteran.com

Military Separation Codes are located on form DD214 and are used to categorize hundreds of reasons for a veterans separation from the military.
veteran.com

There are some doozies listed there.
 

This is my favorite

 
Me and the missus went to the 69th (2013) commemoration. We stayed in Bayeaux, on the morning of the 6th, I drove out to the Omaha Beach at dawn and just stood there imagining what it must have looked like many years ago. We went to many of the sites that factored in to that invasion. When we made it to St. Mere Eglise, there was Pvt. Steele, hung in effigy, on one of the four corners of the cathedral. Later we perused one of the gift shop/souvenir places on the square where the cathedral is a center-piece. On a post card carousel, there was Steele’s effigy, but hung from a different corner of the steeple……

 
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