Since 1983, the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans has been engaged in a project to collect on audiotape and videotape the recollections of as many people as possible - soldiers as well as civilians - who were involved in one of the most historic events of the century - the June 6, 1944, Allied invasion of Normandy and Hitler's Fortress Europe. More than 1,400 oral histories have been collected, and excerpts from some 150 have been selected for inclusion in this volume.

Originally published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©1994.

Signing up -- The gathering forces -- Training and quarantine -- Plans and execution -- The Screaming Eagles -- The bridge prangers -- Troarn and Robehomme -- The all-Americans -- The air war -- Utah Beach -- The guns of Brecourt -- The 116th and the 1st Division -- Guns and Rangers -- Satterlee, harding, and McCook -- Gold and Juno beaches -- Sword beach.