Your are correct. But sometimes ordinary thinks take on extraordinary meaning by the magnitude and sacrifices associated with the term. D-day, H-hour, both standard terms in the manuals written about amphibious warfare.
But this D-day was like no other. Talk to someone knowledgeable about our Civil War, mention the terms “the Cornfield” or “the Wheatfield”, he will know exactly what your talking about. The words used in this case do not refer to just any corn field, or wheat field. These words are associated with great sacrifice and terrible combat. It is the same with D-day. There is only one like it.
What most people forget is that the big news the day before D-Day was that Rome was liberated.
Yeah, I’m well aware of why June 6th gets to be “the” D-Day. I’m just a bit amused that it bugs my dad, who must have seen more than a few Op Orders as a career Army officer.
To answer seqouyah’s question dad is still mentally sharp. Prone to repeating things several times these last few years when he gets tired, and physically his 96 yrs are taking their toll. But he remembers the past very clearly and I do get the chance to hear a lot of stories. From both parents actually.
Patch was a very good general, just not widely know outside of military buffs. Patch didn’t cultivate publicity and was more than happy to let Patton be the center of attention. Like Patton he died shortly after the end of the war.