#AudioMo - Day 5 - 70 Year's Ago Tonight
70 year's ago today, the 5th of June 1944 at 22:56 GMT, six gliders towed by Halifax bombers took off from RAF Tarrant Rushton.
On board were the 181 men of 'D' Company, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Ox and Bucks, who would be the spearhead of the 156,000 who would land on the beaches of Normandy the next morning.
These recordings are of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's two D-Day Speeches, to the m...
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Jun 05, 2014