WWIIVHP BLOG

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REMEMBERING D-DAY | 78TH ANNIVERSARY
D-Day, WWII Veterans Benjamin Mack-Jackson D-Day, WWII Veterans Benjamin Mack-Jackson

REMEMBERING D-DAY | 78TH ANNIVERSARY

With flak bursting around him and bullets whizzing through the dark sky, 18-year-old Michael Camasso opened his parachute and glided down into the unknown. The date was June 6, 1944, D-Day. As a Private First Class in HQ Company, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Camasso was one of 13,000 American paratroopers to jump into France during the Allied invasion of occupied Europe…

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78TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION OVERLORD / D-DAY
D-Day, WWII Benjamin Mack-Jackson D-Day, WWII Benjamin Mack-Jackson

78TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION OVERLORD / D-DAY

"The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." – General Dwight D. Eisenhower - Today marks the 78th Anniversary of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944…

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