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Cows helped win D-Day in Normandy memoirs
In Normandy on the 50th anniversary of D-Day veterans recalled cows aiding the invasion. A former engineer described using a meadow to create the first airstrip, noting cows signaled safe fields free of mines. Eisenhower joked about milking, recalling boyhood skills from Abilene.
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ST. Pierre DU Mont
France
Normandy
Sandy Conti
New York
Mr. Conti
Gen. D. Eisenhower