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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Printed document signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower"). Order of the Day, 6 June 1944. 1 page, 8vo. Disbound from a copy of Crusade in Europe (copy 676 of the limited, signed edition of 1,426 copies)
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EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Printed document signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower"). Order of the Day, 6 June 1944. 1 page, 8vo. Disbound from a copy of Crusade in Europe (copy 676 of the limited, signed edition of 1,426 copies)
Eisenhower’s D-Day address to the troops, his Order of the Day for 6 June 1944, as Allied forces embarked for Normandy and the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe: “Soldiers, sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark on the Great Crusade, towards which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world...”
Eisenhower’s D-Day address to the troops, his Order of the Day for 6 June 1944, as Allied forces embarked for Normandy and the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe: “Soldiers, sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark on the Great Crusade, towards which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world...”