Today, June 6, 2022, is the 78th anniversary of D-Day.
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On the 75th anniversary of D-day in 2019, CBS News aired these two reports.
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One of my favorite radio broadcasts from D-day is this one from NBC. It’s titled Cross Country Reaction to D-Day.
It aired 9:00 p.m. Eastern War Time (DST) on June 6, 1944 and highlighted the responses of communities throughout the nation to the invasion of Normandy.
It could be subtitled “A Nation at Prayer.”
The program is summarized on this page.
You can download the MP3 file of this program here.
It’s also available from this page (program #178).
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Here are two broadcasts of Family Talk with James Dobson highlighting the Normandy invasion. These aired last week, on Thursday and Friday, June 2 and 3, 2022.
The series aired in three parts in 2011; here links to those.
A Visit to the Shores of Normandy – I ~ Monday, June 6, 2011
A Visit to the Shores of Normandy – II ~ Tuesday, June 7, 2011
A Visit to the Shores of Normandy – III ~ Wednesday, June 8, 2022
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The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, overlooking Omaha Beach / Peter K Burian – Own work / Wikipedia Commons
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top image credit: Meeting of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 1 February 1944. Front row: Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; General Bernard Montgomery. Back row: Lieutenant General Omar Bradley; Admiral Bertram Ramsay; Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory; Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith. / Wikipedia Commons
Map of the beaches and first day advances / Wikipedia Commons
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