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D-Day, Order of the Day

Key Details

Date: Recorded May 28, 1944 for broadcast June 5

Created By: Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army

Citations: Eisenhower Presidential Library

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This order was issued by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to encourage Allied soldiers taking part in the D-day invasion of June 6, 1944. The order was distributed to the 175,000-member expeditionary force on the eve of the invasion.

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking with paratroopers before the D-Day invasion.

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