D-Day marks the number of years since Operation Overlord began, when nearly 160,000 Allied troops, including 73,000 Americans, stormed Normandy's beaches to liberate Europe from Nazi control. This ...

This was the stretch of Omaha beach in Normandy where he came ashore on #DDay. He commanded 901 men. Head count 24 hours later and about 500 yards inland, they had 387. 500 yards. Let that soak in.