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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Wednesday, June 2, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT.

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT

D-Day: The Air Attack

Shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, American and British airborne forces launched 2,219 warplanes, gliders, and C-47 Dakota aircraft into the skies over the English Channel. Their mission was to secure bridges and roads that the German Army might have used to reinforce troops on the coast.

In this radio diary, Edward Tappenden, John Howard, Carl Cartledge, John Fitzgerald, Dwayne Burns, Leland Baker, Sherman Oyler, John Fitzgerald, James Eads, Roger Lovelace, Alfred Correy, JK Havener, and John Brown describe the battle in the skies over France on D-Day.

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Oral histories are part of “Voices of Valor,” a new book and CD-collection by Douglas Brinkley and Ronald J. Drez.

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