THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, June 5, 2014
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PAID CONCORD, NH 03301 Permit No. 177
VOLUME 23, NO. 23
THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014
COMPLIMENTARY
— Remembering D-Day • 70 Years Later — Eisenhower’s D-Day Speech To Troops This following order was issued by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to encourage Allied soldiers taking part in the D-day invasion of June 6, 1944.
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force. You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-
arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battlehardened. He will fight savagely. But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inSee d-day on 16
Wright Museum Honors D-Day’s 70th Hosts Special Film Screening
D-Day, June 6th, 1944...
The invasion of Normandy was the pivotal Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II. Thousands of soldiers died that day seventy years ago. Their sacrifice and what came of it can never be forgotten.
On June 6, 2014 the world will recognize the 70th anniversary of DDay, one of the seminal events of the 20th century. The Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, NH will honor this momentous anniversary with two special screenings of the Academy Award nominated film, D-Day Remembered. The June 6, 1944 invasion, officially called Operation Overlord, involved five beaches along the Normandy coast of France. Allied armies
landed at Gold, Juno, Sword, Utah and Omaha beaches. The American troops who were part of the June 6, 1944 battle would have landed at either Utah or Omaha Beach. The objective of the invasion was to secure a See film on 17
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