ON THE night before June 6, 1944, General Dwight D. Eisenhower composed a solemn and inspiring statement that was delivered as a letter the next day into the hands of every soldier, sailor and airman set to embark on Operation Overlord, the invasion of German-occupied Europe.
Eisenhower, the supreme commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in World War II, reminded the men that the eyes of the world are upon them and that their opponents would fight savagely.
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