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Both provinces I call home landed on D-Day at different times during the morning.

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2020-06-07

6:31am. US 1st Infantry Divison, Easy Red Sector, Omaha Beach, Normandy France, Seventy Five Six Ago today. Thank you and for allowing me to write/draw

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2020-06-06

"That night, I thanked God for seeing me through that day of days and prayed I would make it through D plus 1. I also promised that if some way I could get home again, I would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace." -Dick Winters

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2020-06-06

1/3 June 6, 1944. A massed force of American, British Canadian, Polish, Australian, Czech, French, Norwegian & Kiwi troops stormed the beaches of Normandy to liberate continental Europe from Nazi aggression. Here's some D-Day related artwork I've done over the years.

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2020-06-06

Today is of course the 76th anniversary of D-Day. War artist (and mater children's boom illustrator) Edward Ardizzone travelled with British troops as the D-Day invasion took place, sketching on the landing craft as the men prepared to hit the beach.

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2020-06-06

in 1944 loading of supplies continued as shown in this sketch by Ted Bradshaw. This Sexton self-propelled gun is making its way from Fareham to Gosport to go on board a landing craft

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2020-06-04

in 1944 Troops troops were ready and waiting in their south coast camps. In preparation for D-Day vehicles had to be waterproofed for landing in Normandy. Alex Donaldson, driver with the Royal Engineers, shows this in his drawing.

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2020-05-24

in 1944 landing craft were doing final practices for D-Day in the Solent. This drawing by sailor Robert Rule shows a flotilla of Royal Marine landing craft from the ship SS Empire Mace.

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2020-05-21