Preparation for D-Day

On June 5, 1944, Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower gives the order of the day “Full victory – nothing else” to paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division at the Royal Air Force base in Greenham Common, England, three hours before the men board their planes to participate in the first assault wave of the invasion of the continent of Europe.

You might ask why I mention the 101st Airborne Division on the day before D-Day. My brother Bob was in the 101st Airborne much later and since he has no...