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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- On June 6, 1944, “The eyes of the world...,” as President Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote, were watching over 150,000 Allied soldiers and almost 70,000 vehicles stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.

The Allied Expeditionary Force that began the eventual liberation of Europe on “D-Day” was comprised of American, Canadian, and British forces that landed on five beaches codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.

Originally, the invasion of France (codename: Operation Neptune) was planned for June 5, 1944, by Eisenhower and other Allied Commanders.

Group Captain James Stagg, the Scotsman in charge of teams of meteorologists leading up to D-Day, had to deliber

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