that all roads lead to rome. if that is true, the united states army had taken the longest and toughest road. arriving on the fourth of june, 1944, two years and six months after pearl harbor america s entrance into the war. two days after general mark prats s fifth army captured the eternal city, dwight d. eisenhower s envision forces hit the normandie beaches in a massive am amphibious assault. despite bitter german resistance, we built up an enormous beachhead and finally broke through. our seventh army commanded by general alexander patch landed in southern france and pushed northward along the roanne river valley. ten days later, paris is liberated. the army clipped on. in the pacific. general macarthur s forces invaded the island in a giant amphibious lead that put them within 300 miles of the philippines. the general was making progress in berma with his mixed command of hand picked american infantrymen and british and chinese units. the tide of war was turning against
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