[MarvinStinson]

American troops of the 1st Infantry Division leaving the port of Weymouth, England
en route to Omaha Beach in Normandy in June 1944

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June 6th, 1944- Into the Jaws of Death

; Tom Jensen, sergeant with the 626th Engineer Light Equipment Company, told the Chicago Tribune that many of the men he served with had no idea where they were going on that day:

They didn't tell us anything we didn't need to know. Heck, some of the guys on our ship thought we were headed to Japan, not Normandy. Just months earlier, we were either in high school or working odd jobs.

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[Exit148]

Watching videos of that scene ——— from a shore view ———I always think of one of the troops going down just as he reaches the beach. My thoughts of him and his family right now —— as well as the thousands of others who gave for us.