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After a prolonged naval and aerial bombardment of German defenses on the Channel coast of France and the Low Countries, the Alliedinvasion of Normandy began in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower issued this statement as his order of the day:
Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force:
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months.
The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.
In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.
This American Nurse Was an Allied Angel of Mercy in World War II
Flight Nurse Madeline “Del” D’Eletto recalls how she treated wounded soldiers on medical evacuation flights from the battlefields of continental Europe to British hospitals.
Here s What You Need to Know: D’Eletto and her four nurses aided soldiers as they liberated Normandy.
In a field hospital in Normandy, France, 1st Lt. Madeline “Del” D’Eletto was watching an Army doctor operate on a soldier’s head injury when one of her fellow nurses asked, “What do I do with this?”
D’Eletto turned and saw the woman holding pinkish-white brain tissue. “It’s no good,” said the doctor. “Throw it away; we can’t put it back in.”