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From D-Day to Paris: The Story of a Lifetime
Posted on: 2012-05-14 16:46:24 Three legendary war correspondents — Robert Capa, Ernie Pyle, and Ernest Hemingway — scramble to cover the Allied advance across France By Alex Kershaw @ HISTORYnet.com Loudspeakers blared: "Fight to get your troops ashore…. If you've got any strength left, fight to save yourselves…. Away all boats!…. Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name…." At 5:50 a.m., the battleships Texas and Arkansas opened up. In Life photographer Robert Capa's landing craft, which was nearing Omaha Beach, some men were bailing water frantically with their helmets. Others looked up at the heavy salvos flying over their heads and cheered. Read on... |