…they stormed the beaches at Normandy.
THE LONGEST DAY
So many were so young. And there were so many.
The story of D-Day can be partly told in the numbers. Nearly 160,000 allied troops landed. Almost 7,000 allied ships and over 11,000 allied aircraft supporting operations. 4,400 allied dead. 2,400 American casualties at Omaha Beach. 9,387 American graves at the Normandy American… pic.twitter.com/gM3A37gvvY
— Dr. Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) June 6, 2024
They’ve come back to remember. We are blessed to have some of those giants still with us.
Leaders, veterans and visitors from around the world paid tribute Thursday to the D-Day generation in moving ceremonies on and around the Normandy beaches where the Allies landed exactly 80 years ago, with the war in Ukraine on the minds of many and a common message that tyranny cannot be permitted to prevail.
Ever-dwindling numbers of World War…
