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It’s about a boy who loves war and loves his dog. He finds out – on a school trip to France – that dogs were used in D-Day in WW2 and that some of them died. This makes him have to reconsider what he thinks about war. Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. pp.38–39 . Retrieved 2007-06-10.

Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. p.147 . Retrieved 2007-06-10.Enemy Defenses". Omaha Beachhead. United States Army Center of Military History. 1994 [20 September 1945]. p.23. Archived from the original on July 23, 2020 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. Emil and Glen landed with twenty others but isolated and short of their drop zone. Gathered and preparing to link with the rest of their unit the group was spotted from the air and mistaken for enemy troops. In the confusion the RAF Typhoon opened fire and all but two of the men were killed. Emil and Glen died where they fell, together.

On June 6th we will be remembering the many brave men and women who were involved in D-Day, the daring invasion of Normandy when the Allies began the liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany.

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Mayo, Jonathan (2014). D-Day: Minute by Minute. New York: Marble Arch Press. pp.128, 129. ISBN 978-1-4767-7294-3. Omaha Beachhead". Historical Division, War Department. 20 September 1945. pp.48–49 . Retrieved 2007-06-10. Citino, Robert M. (2017). The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944–1945. Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p.135. ISBN 9780700624942.