Eisenhower "OK, Let's Go"

5th June 1944: After an uncertain 24-hour postponement, Operation Overlord is launched - with thousands of subordinate missions and operations

‘Filthy Thirteen’ member Clarence Ware applies war paint to Charles Plauda, June 5, 1944. The idea was McNiece's, to honor his Native American heritage and to energize the men for the danger ahead. Many myths grew up around the thirteen members of the 1st Demolition Section of the Regimental Headquarters Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,…