Hunter, Artstar and Gruff join Joe again to continue coverage of June 1944, and this episode we jump into D-Day, and Operation Overlord. Events covered:
The battle for Pointe du Hoc
the Battle of Merville Gun Battery
the capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges. T
Operation Houndsworth and Operation Mallard.
Stanley Hollis
The Magnificent Eleven D-Day photographs.
President Roosevelt's prayer address.
Birthdays covered inlcude:
Edgar Froese, artist and electronic musician,
Bud Harrelson,
Phillip Allen Sharp, geneticist and molecular biologist, in Falmouth, Kentucky;
Tommie Smith, track & field athlete and AFL wide receiver
