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
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Each week american artifacts. Up next in the second of the two part program we travel to new orleans we travel to the museum. Beginning with the june 6th 1944 dday invasion. Because our museum was originally founded back in the 1990s as the National Dday museum. By a congressional charter we would charge telling the story of the entire american experience. In this gallery we get to the big moment where United States and allies had to win this particular day. Dday june 6, 1944. Behind me is our film narratedded by narrated by tom brokaw. He saw all of the war left over by troops who had been killed coming ashore at the beach. What we have in this case is actual artifacts and sand from utah and omaha beaches. He writes about what he found. You can see he talk about shoe polish showing kids diaries, bibles, hand grenades, toothbrushes razors. He particularly singles out in his column writing paper. He talk about how young men who gave their lives at normandy intended to write a lot of let