WWII D-Day
The Atlantic: “Unlike what happens to other great battles, the passing of the years and the retelling of the story have softened the horror of Omaha Beach on D Day.”
“This fluke of history is doubly ironic since no other decisive battle has ever been so thoroughly reported for the official record. While the troops were still fighting in Normandy, what had happened to each unit in the landing had become known through the eyewitness testimony of all survivors. It was this research by the field historians which first determined where each company had hit the beach and by what route it had moved inland. Owing to the fact that every unit save one had been mislanded, it took this work to show the troops where they had fought.”
American World War II veteran Anthony Pagano, 97, touches a sculpture prior a ceremony at Utah Beach near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France, Wednesday, June 5, 2024.
Mr. Louis Brown WWII Veteran Southern California veteran honored by president on 80th Anniversary of D-Day in France
“Southern California veteran honored by president on 80th Anniversary of D-Day in France”
“A veteran from Inglewood who served in World War II was honored by President Biden in France on the 80th anniversary of D-Day.”
“Louis Brown, 98, took a trip to the shores of Normandy Beach where he was honored alongside other veterans who served during the war in the 1940s.”
“Brown, originally from Mississippi, was drafted into the Army when he was a teenager in 1944.”
“Being a little young fellow in there, we didn’t know [anything],” Brown said of joining the Army. “You know, we were kind of excited to be over there. I didn’t know I was making a part of history or anything like that.”
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