National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA

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National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, Virginia, WWII, Normandy
$22.50

SKU:
RA782
Dimensions: 
5.75" x 5.25"
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Location: 
Bedford, VA

Our hand-crafted wooden keepsake can set proudly on a shelf, desk or perch on the trim above your door or window. Crafted from 3/4" thick wood, its front details bring out its unique features while a short description is written on the back.

Operation Overlord was the largest air, land, and sea operation undertaken before or since June 6, 1944. The landing on the coastline of France included over 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes, and over 150,000 service men. When it was over, Allied Forces had suffered nearly 10,000 casualties with more than 4,000 dead. Bedford, Virginia, proportionately suffered the nation's severest D-Day losses with 23 soldiers killed from a population of 3,200 people. This D-Day Memorial is located in Bedford, Virgina. http://www.dday.org/