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TOP STORY OF THE DAY, brought to you free by WICU: Local descendant of war hero happy with involvement
Thursday, April 15, 2021
By IVY JACOBS, Times Reporer
IVY JACOBS photo - Pilots Jordan Brown of Center Point, and John Cotter, from Linton, are proud to participate in the Commemorative Air Forces living history flight and aircraft tour experience for Thats All, Brother. They are pictured during Mondays first flight out of Hoosier Aviation at Terre Haute Regional Airport.
After a weather delay, the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germanys control began shortly after midnight along the heavily fortified coast of Frances Normandy Tuesday, June 6, 1944. More than 13,000 American, British and Canadian paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines during Operation Overlord (codename for the Battle of Normandy). Many soldiers, young men 17-19 years old, went into battle to confuse the German forces.