Let’s also remember the sacrifices on Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.
As bad as D-Day was, the Pacific war was even worse.
And the 8th Air Force lost more men flying bombing missions over Germany than the Marine Corps lost in the whole war.
“As bad as D-Day was, the Pacific war was even worse.”
Read a book called “Flyboys”. It reinforces what you say.