[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9178]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE D-DAY LANDINGS ON THE BEACHES 
                              OF NORMANDY

  (Mr. LATTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 70th 
anniversary of the D-day landings on the beaches of Normandy, France.
  On June 6, 1944, combined Allied forces began the opening phase of 
Operation Overlord in an effort to break the Nazi stranglehold on 
Western Europe. The initial assault included over 156,000 troops, along 
with 11,590 aircraft and 6,939 naval vessels. In that first day alone, 
approximately 10,000 Allied personnel were either wounded or killed, 
including 6,000 Americans.
  The D-day landing was the largest single amphibious assault in 
history, and soldiers of six divisions--three American, two British, 
and one Canadian--stormed upon five different beach landings in 
Normandy. Just hours before that, U.S., British, and Canadian airborne 
troops dropped into France to support the landing.
  The world owes a debt of gratitude to the members of the Greatest 
Generation who assumed the task of freeing the world from Nazism and 
fascism and restoring freedom to millions in Europe.
  Next week, as we commemorate this important day, I ask everyone to 
remember the importance of this 70th anniversary of the D-day landings 
on the beaches of Normandy, France.

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