Sorry, I try not to be "that guy", but D Day at Normandy was 6 June , 1944.
Great story though. I was suppose to be on a small plane and got bumped. Took greyhound instead. Plane crashed killing my whole town council. Had a few other close calls being a military guy. My mom passed over the I35 bridge in Minneapolis 15 minutes before it collapsed.
My good friend was 3 cars away from being on the bridge. I was out of town but a stressful few days as they recovered all the cadavers. Aint no way that bridge will ever fall again they built the new one earthquake proof.