Paratroopers mark 68th anniversary of D-Day
Army paratroopers are joined by French, British and Dutch soldiers in marking the 68th anniversary the D-Day invasion.
On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of <br /> heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of <br /> Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade <br /> in which "we will accept nothing less than full victory." More than 5,000 <br /> ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day's end on <br /> June 6, the Allies gained a foothold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -- <br /> more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but more than <br /> 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler. About 340 <br /> U.S. troops will be in the Normandy region to commemorate the 68th anniversary <br /> of this historic operation June 1-7.
