ORDEAL AT OMAHA BEACH.......

Seventy-one years ago our fellow Americans and their allies stormed the beaches of Normandy to vanquish the Nazis’ supposed thousand-year regime.



S.L.A. Marshall was commissioned to serve as a combat historian with the Army in World War II. By 1960, he was already concerned that “the passing of the years and the retelling of the story have softened the horror of Omaha Beach on D Day.” That year the Atlantic Monthly published Marshall’s essay on Omaha Beach based on the field notes he had compiled during his service as combat historian. Here is his essay:

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...-beach/303365/

I saved that link to favorites and will read it this afternoon, Thanks!

Taylor is the man!