6/6/13 - Today marks the 69th anniversary of D-Day and an area lawmaker is commenting on a House Resolution that was passed recognizing it. June 6th marks the anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France during World War II as the Allies took on Adolph Hitler's Nazi forces in 1944. State Representative Joe Graves, a Republican from Argentine Township, says itâs important that the sacrifices of D-Day are never forgotten. 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion but the cost was high with more than 9,000 Allied soldiers killed or wounded on June 6th alone. Photograph from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives. (JM/JK)
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