Valor, Fidelity, Sacrifice

On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Allied forces showed valor, fidelity, and sacrifice as soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coast guardsmen, and merchant seamen carried out what they saw as their duty. They kept faith with the Alliance, their homelands, the chain of command, the mission, their units, and their fellows, at the cost of comfort, safety, innocence, youth, blood, and even life itself. Honor is due not only to those who died that day but also to those who lived to secure the beachhead and carry freedom inland, and to those who transported the ground forces by air and sea, delivered aerial and naval support, and provided combat and combat-support services. D-Day's success owed an incalculable debt to its participants, whose legacy endures in the freedom won through their service.

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