Today is the 76th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. American soldiers, alongside allies from the United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, France, and other countries conducted the largest amphibious landing in the history of the world. The following year, 1945, would see the defeat of the Axis powers.

Lynn “Buck” Compton, a soldier in the 101st Airborne Division: “Today, when people thank me for my service, I figure three years of my time is a cheap price to pay for this country. Nobody owes me a thing.”

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For further reading/listening:

St. Tammany brothers recall D-Day, From the Ground and Air

WWII Veteran Looks Back on D-Day on the 75th Anniversary (from 2019)