We are in the normandy landings gallery, the day at normandy, a very special gallery for us here because our museum was originally founded back in the 1990s as the National Dday museum. By congressional charter, we were charged with telling the story of the entire American Experience in world war ii. Why it was fun, how it was one and what it means today. So in this gallery, we get to big moments where the United States and their allies had to win this particular day. Dday, june six 1944. Behind me is our film, narrated by tom brokaw which gives our visitors the overarching story of dday at normandy but next to me, over here on the left is very special exhibit this is an exhibit case and is dedicated to ernie pyle, who actually watched the beaches at normandy where the American Forces landed. He saw all of the traces of war left over by troops who had been killed coming to shore at the beach. What we have in this case is actual artifacts and sand from utah and omaha beaches. Ernie pyle
Part program, we travel to new orleans to visit the National World war ii museums road to berlin exhibit. This Program Continues the story of the American Experience in the european theater beginning with the june 6th, 1944, d day invasion. Within the first hour, the shoreline is littered with men and Wounded Soldiers and the debris of were actually in the normandie landings gallery, d day at normandie. A very special gallery for us here because our museum was originally founded back in the 1990s as the National D Day museum by a congressional charter. We were charged with telling the story of the entire American Experience in world war ii while it was fought, thou how it was and what it means today. So in this gallery, we get to the big moment where the United States and her allies had to win this particular day, d day, june 6th, 1944. Behind me is our film narrated by tom brokaw which gives our visitors the overarching story of d day at normandie. But next to me over here on the left
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Who and where were those who once had said the american was no soldier, that he would not fight . World, events were swiftly gaining momentum. Army dropped armydays later, the first occupied cologne. That, 300 of our fortresses of our forces lasted tokyo. Blasted tokyo. By the 17th of the same month, general Pattons Third Army had taken. The next day, and half a world away, our troops invaded the island in the central philippines. That, the third army crossed the rhine. Four days later, the eighth army was landing in the philippines. [explosions] less than a week after that, on april 1, 1945, the u. S. 10th army invaded okinawa. On the 11th of the same month, the Second Armored Division of the night army reached 63 miles from berlin. Thir on the 12th of april, president Franklin Delano roosevelt had yet to see the triumphant advances of american arms but fate denied him the satisfaction the final victory would bring. Afterhan a month president roosevelts death, germany surrendered. Was
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