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393. Ibid., 426–27.

394. Faith Magazine, quoting Lewis L. Haynes article in Saturday Evening Post, August 6, 1955, www.catholicmil.org, search “conway.”

395. Rickenbacker, Rickenbacker, 316

396. Ibid., 318. The group was rescued on November 13, 1942, after twenty-four days at sea. Seven of the eight survived.

397. Ibid., 243.

398. Ibid., 7–8.

399. From an article by Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press, “WWII Pilot Repaid Village That Saved His Life,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 9, 2008, www.sfgate.com.

400. Ibid.

401. Ernie Pyle, www.ussconklin.org.

402. Timeline, 6/5/45, www.ussconklin.org., and “The Story of Frederick Morris and Clifford Farr of the USS Conklin in the Typhoon of June 1945,” Destroyer Escort Sailors Association, www. desausa.org.

403. Potter and Nimitz, Seapower, 768.

404. Miller, The Story of World War II, 372.

405. “World War II Famous Quotes,” from J. D. Potter, Admiral of the Pacific, http://members.aol.com/forcountry/ww2/quo.htm.

406. Snaddon, Through the Valley of the Shadow.

407. Ibid.

408. Ibid.

409. Directive for Operation Overlord, Potter and Nimitz, Seapower, 605.

410. Lewis, D-Day, 38–39, quoting Alan Moorehead.

411. Ibid.

412. www.army.mil.

413. Bob Benvenuto, “I Join the Navy—The Reality & the Realization,” Http://members.aol.com/famjustin/LST7.html.

414. Lewis, D-Day, 60–61.

415. Abide with Me, Henry Lyte and William Monk, 1847. Four of eight stanzas. Written as Lyte was dying of tuberculosis.

416. Elson, 9 Lives, 68. Used by permission.

417. Leslie Palmer Cruise, Jr., Men of D-Day, www.6juin1944.com

418. Ibid.

419. Lewis, D-Day, 66.

420. Ward Smith, “I Saw Them Jump to Destiny,” BBC, “News of the World,” www.6juin1944.com.

421. Malcolm Brennen, Men of D-Day, www.6juin1944.com.

422. Ibid. Excerpts from Trees, by Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918).

423. Marie-T Lavieille, Men of D-Day, www.6juin1944.com.

424. William E. Smith (the son of Lt. Smith), “D-Day on Omaha from the Eyes of a Forward Observer,” Men of D-Day, www.6juin1944.com.

425. Ibid.

426. Langer, World War II, 211.

427. Elson, 9 Lives, 72–74. Used by permission.

428. James H. Jordan, Men of D-Day, www.6juin1944.com.

429. Ibid.

430. Harley A. Reynolds, Men of D-Day, www.6juin1944.com.

431. Ibid.

432. Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858–1901), “Be Strong.”

433. Story of John Burkhalter, www.highrock.com/JohnGBurkhalter/d-day.html.

434. A nineteenth century hymn by George Duffield and George Webb.

435. Quoting an article by Ernie Pyle in the Stars and Stripes newspaper, June 1944.

436. Story of John Burkhalter, www.highrock.com/JohnGBurkhalter/d-day.html.

437. Distinguished Service Cross Citation, Capt. Joseph T. Dawson, www.homeofheroes.com.

438. Lewis, D-Day, 282.

439. Ibid., 284.

440. George A. Davison, Men of D-Day, www.6juin1944.com.

441. Ibid.

442. Albert J. Berard, Men of D-Day, www.6juin1944.com.

443. Carroll, Grace under Fire, 50–51.

444. “The Little Pocket Bible,” by Dianne Smart, Central Illinois World War II Stories, atlas.illinois.edu. The Bible is now on display in the D-Day Museum on Utah Beach in France.

445. Carroll, Grace under Fire, 46–47.

446. Quentin C. Anderson, A Fighter Pilot’s Story, The Face of War, http://prodigy.com/fighterpilot.

447. Ibid.

448. Myron Eberle, “World War II Stories: The Hand of God?” LeadershipU, www.leaderu.com.

449. Ibid.

450. Litoff and Smith, Since You Went Away, 45–46.

451. Ibid.

452. Onward, Christian Soldiers, 1865, selected verses, words by Sabine Baring- Gould, music by Arthur S. Sullivan.

453. Stagg, Forecast for Overlord, 15.

454. Potter and Nimitz, Seapower, 613.

455. www.archives.gov/education/lessons/d-day-message.

456. Ronald Reagan, “Remarks at the Ranger Monument,” www.reaganfoundation.org.

457. German Surrender Documents, www.seattleu.edu.

458. Bonhoeffer, Ethics, 355–57.

459. Ibid., 15.

460. Ibid.

461. Ibid.

462. Ibid.

463. Ibid., 112, quoted by James Dobson, “A Day of Prayer that Changed History,” May 2000, www.focusonthefamilycom..

464. Ibid.

465. Carroll, Grace under Fire, 62–63.

466. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II, 448.

467. “The Story of the Prayer,” by Msgr. James H. O’Neill, www.pattonhq.com

468. Ibid.

469. Ibid.

470. Patrick O’Donnell, “Night Raid,” Central Illinois World War II Stories, atlas.illinois.edu.

471. Elson, 9 Lives, 24–26. Used by permission.

472. Ibid., 29.

473. Letter written by Francis E. R. Ambler in May 1943, Peoples War, www.bbc.co.uk.

474. Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1865.

475. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II, 420–24. Unfortunately, that relief would never come. By the 26^th of September 1944, only 2,400 of 9,000 British paratroopers would make it back to friendly lines.