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Europe
Today in History: D-Day, 1944
2006-06-06
"...we were hearing noises on the side of the landing craft like someone throwing gravel against it. The German machine gunners had picked us up. Everybody yelled, 'Stay down!'... I noticed the lieutenant's face was a very gray color and the rest of the men had a look of fear on their faces. All of a sudden the lieutenant yelled to the coxswain, 'Let her down!' The ramp dropped...."

--Pvt. H. W. Schroeder, 16th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 1st Division
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