Friday, June 6, 2014

Quotation of the day for June 6, 2014

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Quotation of the Day for June 6, 2014



"Gentlemen...there have been some rapid and unexpected developments in the situation..."

- Group Captain J.N. Stagg, Royal Air Force meteorologist, presenting the news that a short period of fair weather would allow an Allied invasion of Europe on June 6, 1944. Quoted by Cornelius Ryan in his history of D-Day, The Longest Day.

Submitted by: Terry Labach
Jun. 4, 2014

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