Even world events have local ties

East Texas resident took part in the largest military operation in world history
  • The view of Utah beach from a landing craft in the early hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944. Library of Congress
    The view of Utah beach from a landing craft in the early hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944. Library of Congress
  • Leonard Davis Davis family
    Leonard Davis Davis family
  • This is what Leonard Davis would have looked like as he climbed into a transport plane as his company prepared to depart for their part of the Normandy invasion. Library of Congress
    This is what Leonard Davis would have looked like as he climbed into a transport plane as his company prepared to depart for their part of the Normandy invasion. Library of Congress
  • A stained glass window in the St. Mere Eglise church commemorating the paratroopers who landed in the town during the Normandy invasion Davis family
    A stained glass window in the St. Mere Eglise church commemorating the paratroopers who landed in the town during the Normandy invasion Davis family
    What was the largest invasion in history almost didn’t happen, at least when it did, due to uncertainty about the weather. With only a three-day window when atmospheric and tidal conditions would be favorable to begin with and two of those days already lost to bad weather, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower finally quelled his fears and doubts and made the call to proceed.If the invasion didn’t ...

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