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Quotation from Order of the Day, 6 June 1944 by Dwight D. Eisenhower
“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months.”
Order of the Day, 6 June 1944, Paragraph 1 (National Archives transcription (1944 order))
The first sentence of the order, naming the invasion and its long preparation.
Citation: "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months." — Dwight D. Eisenhower, Order of the Day, 6 June 1944, Paragraph 1 (National Archives transcription (1944 order)). (id d-day-order-of-the-day-q1)
Portrait: Eisenhower d-day, Unknown U.S. Army photographer, Public domain.
