D-day

Example Sentences

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Mr Gething said he "could and should, in my view, have been elsewhere" - that is likely to be a reference to the D-day commemoration in Portsmouth that he cannot attend because of the debate.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

Griffin’s father, Edgar G. Griffin, born in Mexico to an Irish family, was a 101st Airborne paratrooper who survived the Normandy landing on D-day and was awarded a Purple Heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024

James should have been part of the U.S. forces that invaded the beaches of Normandy, France, for D-day in June 1944.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2022

In late 2020, as Flash D-day drew near, supporters scrambled to rescue it.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2021

Iwo Jima wasn’t just “softened up” for a few days before D-day.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac