06/06/2026
Salt Lake Valley Chapters echoes USSDAR’s sentiments. We remember the sacrifice of “the longest day.” • “There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than 12,000 airplanes, almost 10,000 ships, boats, landing craft, frigates, sloops, and other special combat vessels—all involved in a surprise attack on the heavily fortified north coast of France, to secure a beachhead in the heart of enemy-held territory so that the march to Germany and victory could begin. It was daring, risky, confusing, bloody, and ultimately glorious.” — Tom Brokaw, The Greatest Generation
USSDAR remembers and honors the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day.