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D-Day Map Donated to Library of Congress

Published on 7 July 20227 July 2022 by Jonathan Crowe

A top-secret map of Omaha Beach used in the D-Day landing has been donated to the Library of Congress by the family of the soldier who carried it into battle, the Washington Post reports (mirror: Stars and Stripes). [MAPS-L]

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