Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                V of Julto Lulb other Side on the the Bri by noon a i As a weft of Allied arc itt the Battle apart from the fact that they British is ashore leading the British Gro tip and on these cond wednesday Eisen payed a four and a half Gour of set to where he met Montgomery and Admiral task for the colourful exception were War painted american these calling themselves the filthy 13 dropped silently Oto from the members of an in of gingers demolition uni they went of War in red and Black their Heads shaved except for their Scalp there trained to up communications and command the War did reveal the makeup of the specially trained assault after the naval and Aerial bombardment and the firing from v i r of nerf rim Job to using Bangalore Bereti separate i cd nipple an Assa Ait Tiitto with Browning Autori Zatic the ninth formerly based in the Middle unleashed at least one sur prise sky fifty Waves of troop packed gliders towed by c47 cargo these came Over in Waves at Twilight and Early morning three separate Waves had just As the germans had been the first to broadcast the so they also were the most specific As to where fighting was under Way exactly As president Roose velt and prime minister Churchill had warned they would yanks mowed Down shape made no specific claims see the official Shareif communiques on pages 1 and but by wednesday night and yesterday resistance had definitely stiffened and an official Allied spokesman urged against Over con to confuse the Complex the official German news Agency is putting out reports of withdrawals and feints in the Hopa t in stiffening u step fetch written Jack Lister aboard by Herko when the first of our Landing Craft carrying vehicles and personnel touched Shore today the second German gunners in concealed positions held their fire Unhul the wimp doors went Down and then the debarking americans were mowed Down by perfect Cross fire from swazi 50caliber machine wave after wave of Ameri cans went Only a few evaded the chattering Bursty and dug answering the of germans Rifle and badly needed tanks were swamped by the Choppy our troops a beef stopped coming although the toll in lives was heavy at first Hitler himself was reported by the German press to be personally commanding the German forces in by a curious twist of Fate he is now bossing Marshall von just As he did two years ago when he took Over from the latter after things began to go badly for the germans on the rus Sian von Rundstedt for nearly two years has been charged with the defense of France and last said that his forces Allied from my marshal floss of the s re ported be personally leading the German 7th and 15th divisions to Battle against Hia old desert ene Kings talk reflects mood by wednesday night the entire Normandy from which William the conqueror Lea in to defeat the King Harold at was its Many level agricultural coastal Plain Long have been recognized As the Easi est on which our invasion forces could in peaceful centuries it was famed for its summer re its swarming ports of Cher Bourg and Havre and its spark nor this invasion had the prayers of another Tho in whose Anglo Saxon veins nine Hundred years of history have blended the blood of the ing George the sixth thought Back Over five years of toil and suffer reflected the determined spirit of the hour onco More the test has to be this time the Challenge is not to fight to but to fight to win a final Victory for a Good e Igod Beachly Jet heavily fortified sloping cuffs i600dbeache Imam i 7kl i r1 Ini Coop beaches rep j fair beaches Steep cuffs iru60ep coast