Omaha Beach had the highest casualty count of all the landings on D-Day
June 6, 2024, will mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history. Here’s one soldier’s account of what it was like to land on Omaha Beach during the fierce battle.
The Allies had an estimated 10,000 casualties and 2,500 dead on D-Day. One death was Ehlers’ brother Roland. After the war he worked for the Veterans Administration for 34 years. Ehlers died in 2014 at age 92 and is buried at Riverside National Cemetery.During World War II all American men between the ages of 21 and 45 had to register for the draft. By 1944 50 million had registered and 10 million had been inducted into the military. Draft numbers for men in their 40s were being called by 1944 as the military ramped up for the European invasion.
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