THE NATIONAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL
Friday, September 1, 2017
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s place in history was forever assured on June 6, 1944, when Allied soldiers, sailors, and airmen successfully executed his plans for the largest amphibious invasion in history, storming the beaches of Normandy, not as conquerors, but as crusaders of freedom to liberate Western Europe by destroying German military forces, achieved the following year with victory in World War II.