The D-Day Episode

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Hunter, Artstar and Gruff join Joe again to continue coverage of June 1944, and this episode we jump into D-Day, and Operation Overlord. Events covered: The battle for Pointe du Hoc the Battle of Merville Gun Battery the capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges. T Operation Houndsworth and Operation Mallard. Stanley Hollis The Magnificent Eleven D-Day photographs. President Roosevelt's prayer address. Birthdays covered inlcude: Edgar Froese, artist and electronic musician, Bud Harrelson, Phillip Allen Sharp, geneticist and molecular biologist, in Falmouth, Kentucky; Tommie Smith, track & field athlete and AFL wide receiver

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