In observance of the Federal holiday on Monday, February 16, the Jefferson Building Great Hall and
exhibitions will be open from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. to guests with timed-entry passes. Reading rooms
will be closed to researchers.
Wading or swimming ashore on June 6, 1944, were some of World War II's bravest soldiers. Whether demolition experts, rangers trained to scale the cliffs of Normandy, bulldozer operators ready to create a new network on roads, or just infantrymen primed to establish positions, these men all shared a strong sense of determination to take the fight to the enemy and take France back from the Germans.
Service Unit/Ship: G Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, V Corps, 1st Army; G Company, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, XII Corps, 3rd Army; 129th Military Police
Service Unit/Ship: Landing Craft Infantry Large (LCI-L) 83
Location of Service: Atlantic City, New Jersey; South Hampton Coast Guard Radio Station, Long Island, New York; Dartmouth, England; Omaha Beach, Normandy, France
Location of Service: Fort Crook, Omaha; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Camp Forrest, Tennessee; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Camp Carson, Colorado; Camp Shanks, New York; Scotland; England; France; Czechoslovakia; Germany; European Theater