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General of the Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
gives the order of the day, "Full victory – nothing else", to paratroopers of the
502nd Infantry Regiment
,
101st Airborne Division
, at
RAF North Witham
in
England
, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault of the
D-Day
invasion. Eisenhower's success in planning and executing the battle led him to be seen as a hero by the American public.
Photo credit:
United States Army
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