Striding Through The Gates Of Hell
D-Day was a decisive event in World War II that marked the beginning of the end for the Axis forces. Here we see American, Canadian, and British soldiers frantically wading toward the sands of Normandy while being peppered by German machineguns. Tom Jensen, a veteran of the 626th Engineer Light Equipment Company, informed the Chicago Tribune that these men were completely oblivious of where they were going until they actually got there. There were even those who believed that they were being shipped off to Japan. These mostly young men would have been sitting in math class or working summer jobs only months prior to their enlistments.
Striding Through The Gates Of Hell
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