Tomorrow will mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the allied assault on Normandy in World War II. The operation was codenamed Overlord. This will likely be the last major anniversary of the invasion at which veterans who participated in it will be present. The thought makes one sad. Those veterans are heroes, and we need heroes.
Across the years, it is still difficult for us to fathom the enormity of the undertaking. About 156,000 troops were hurled against Hitler's formidable Atlantic Wall, the largest amphibious operation in history.
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