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82nd ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY INVASION NORMANDY JUNE 6th 1944 TURNS TIDE OF WWII, 82nd AIRBORNE PARATROOPER ROBERT WARNER AND HIS 3 BROTHERS WERE THERE

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Gen. Dwight Eisenhower originally planned for D-Day to happen on June 5. The 'unpredictable' English weather intervened until Tuesday June 6th 1944. But Eisenhower still wrote a famous letter that day. "Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the Day. 'Full victory-nothing less' to paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe."  Iconic photo of General Eisenhower meeting with US Co. E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Strike) of the 101st Airborne Division, photo taken at Greenham Common Airfield in England about 8:30 p.m. on Monday June 5, 1944, recreated for new movie " Pressure ". The General was talking about fly fishing with his paratroopers as he always did before a stressful operation. NEW: General Dwight D. Eisenhower D-Day movie, titled " Pressure ", is out now and currently playing in theaters. Brendan Fraser becomes...