Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of D-Day

From the Library of Congress: 

In the wee morning hours of June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy, France. Given the code name OVERLORD, the operation was the largest amphibious assault in history, and would go on to be known simply as “D-Day.”

Today, eighty years later, the Veterans History Project has captured and preserved more than 1,600 of these veterans’ stories. Their collections take the form of video and audio oral histories, original photographs, letters and diaries, and even artwork—all of which illuminate the personal, individual stories of ordinary soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and nurses who participated in one of the most extraordinary events of World War II.