"D-DAY Vets Remember" Article from today

Found this in another site;

: THE D-DAY PROCLAMATION
On D-Day, the 6th of June 1944, General Dwight D. Eisenhower issued
the following proclamation to the assembled Overlord armada as it departed
for the invasion of the beaches of Normandy, France. France was at the time
occupied by Nazi forces and the collaborationist French Vichy government.
"Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Forces! You
are about to embark upon the great crusade, toward which we have striven
these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you, the hopes and
prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with
our brave Allies and brothers in arms on other fronts you will bring about
the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny
over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free
world.
"Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well
equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely. But this is the year
1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United
Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man
to man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air
and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our home fronts have given us
an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at
our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned!
The free men of the world are marching together to victory!
"I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, skill in
battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory!
"Good luck! And let us all beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon
this great and noble undertaking."