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D Day Plus 20 Years Ike Returns to Normandy
Twenty years after D-Day General Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to Normandy to recount the moments before the invasion. In a CBS interview with Walter Cronkite, he recalls the stormy morning, weather briefings, and the decision to go on June 6 1944. He describes the room full of key commanders and his careful weighing of risks versus delaying the assault. The piece previews the next installments of the conversation and Eisenhower’s reflections on leadership under pressure.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
CBS
Eisenhower
Normandy
Walter Jonkite
New York Herald Tribune
Portsmouth
England
Cronkite
MR. Cronkite
General Eisenhower
Gen. Eisenhower
Walter Bedell) Smith
Arthur W.) Tedder
Royal Air Force
Bertram) Ramsay
Trafford) Leigh-Maillory
Britain
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Bradley
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Stagg
Allied
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MR. Cronkilt
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Fisenhower
Seriou
101St Airborne Division
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Tedder