Thursday, June 5, 2014
Ken Burns tells the story of June 6, 1944 -- THE WAR (2007 PBS mini-series): Episode 4 of 7 total
Pride of Our Nation: June 1944 - August 1944
On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history, but then bog down in the Norman hedgerows for weeks. Saipan proves the costliest Pacific battle to date, while back home dreaded telegrams from the War Department begin arriving at an inconceivable rate.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0996994/episodes?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1
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Presidential Proclamation (in part from WHITE HOUSE dot-gov Press Office):
Seventy years later, we pay tribute to the service members who secured a beachhead on an unforgiving shore -- the patriots who, through their courage and sacrifice, changed the course of an entire century. Today, as we carry on the struggle for liberty and universal human rights, let us draw strength from a moment when free nations beat back the forces of oppression and gave new hope to the world.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 6, 2014, as D-Day National Remembrance Day. I call upon all Americans to observe this day with programs, ceremonies, and activities that honor those who fought and died so men and women they had never met might know what it is to be free.
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