Trump’s D-Day picture that wasn’t D-Day
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Donald Trump today called on America to honor the fallen heroes of D-Day. His accompanying photo makes the landing look a little nicer than that described by people who were there.
This image was actually taken in 1943 and it shows a training exercise for D-Day.
D-Day actually looked like this:
Archive: On D-Day anniversary, trying to comprehend the incomprehensible (NewsCut)
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