Photo: D-Day Landing

Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: May 14, 2014
Caption: D-Day Landing
Additional Description: The D-Day assault of France on June 6, 1944 was the largest land-from-sea attack in military history. In his launch order, American General Dwight D. Eisenhower stated that the objective was to "bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed people of Europe...Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely..."

Three days after D-Day, an eyewitness account appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

"We hit the beach at 7: a.m. We had just been riding in nice until the sailors let the ramp down. Then we got it...I fell on the boat floor when a bullet hit my arm. When we crawled into the water, mines blew up some of the fellows. When we got to the rocks, lots of us were gone. A couple of Navy fellows joined us...We separated and a fellow with me and I managed to dig a little hole. The shell fire blew the two sailors to bits."
Submitted: May 14, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p273335
File Size: 1.921 Megabytes

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