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Show J.A ,tm utT imfcnumTintfy ff Destiny At Normandy WASHINGTON (UPI) -PNixon's proposal to extend the 10 per cent income tax surcharge appears in trouble in the House. Gerald R. Ford of igan, House Mich- Repubi.can leader, reports that a preliminary poll of House GOP mem- bers indicates only about the same sunport for the tax among the Republicans as when it was enacted last ear. At that time, 114 Republicans voted for it. It passed then because 154 Democrats joined them for approval. There was every indication, however, that not so many Democrats are willing to vote for a full 10 per rent extension until they are assured of major tax ref rm legislation. If that happens, and if the measure picks up no mere GOP votes, it could be in trouble. MESSAGE A measure of this man and military leader was the other communique tucked into his pocket, a message he had written in the event of disaster on the shores of Normandy. the 268-15- It read: landings in the e area have i failed to gain a satisfactory foothold, and I have withArchitect's drawing of thj National Guard Monument to be unveiled at Utah Beach June 6. drawn the troops. If there is to any blame or fault attached the attempt, it is mine alone. accurately selected Normandy troops hurled in a savage not over. Aritish Field Mar- 3rd Army advance from Nixon wants to extend the Avranches to J e Mans to It was a long time before as the most logical target for force of specialized armor shal Bernard Montgomery, g Orleans to Verdun to Metz, tax beyonc its June 30 expiratanks. But Allied ground forces comanyone but Ike knew such a an Allied invasion of the conGen. tion date, at a rate of 10 per tinent. He sent his armored the German 716th Infantry Dimander, drew the German led by communique ever had been reserves behind seven infanwritten. vision, in fortified seaside armored strength onto the George Patton in perhaps the cent through Jan. 1, 1970. At that time it would dmp to 5 armored exciting try divisions into the Rebion vacation hotels and summer Second British Army and most By radio (after the invasion of the per cent until July 1, 1970, and maintained advance Canadian war. First Army at Caen, strength, too, villas, fought back viciously, had started) Gen. Eisenhowpr when it would expire under more than 4,000 while Gen. Omar N. Bradley's the inflicting was there also told the French people in the Pas de Calais area closFianlly, the Nixon proposaL to U.S. broke er First where out at casualties. Germany, many Army that the hour of your liberaunforgettable moment when St.-LNazi military leaders believed Yet was liberated. all Paris tion is approaching!" On Omaha Beach, a sweep the main Allied strike would of Hitler and Rommel believed Thus the stage was set and these hours, minutes, seconds sand 300 yards deep under come. the die was cast for the liberfortified bluffs, the U.S. 1st a second allied strike would of triumph mu.'.t be traced the ation first of a nation, then of Hitlers brilliant Field Marand 25th divisions rammed in come near Calais, so they back to a single day a continent. That day, too, in shal Erwin Rommel realized a spearhead of 1,450 men. held back the German 15th longest day for thousands of a sense wrote the signature on his battered Luftwaffe was They pushed head-o- n into the Army to halt it. gallant men, the last day for The second as they stormed the a death warrant for Hitler no match for Allied air power, strike, of many surprise! 352nd and were of beaches and the tyranny he had so he reinforced Normandy 25 coastal shelled, mortared, mined and course, never came. There followed the U.S. years ago. defenses and predicted: The machine-gunnewrought. war will be won or lost on the COSTLY BATTLE For a time it appeared to be beaches. The first 24 hours a rout of the American forces was When the longest day will be decisive. and the German commander ended, the first battle won announced victory and beganv WAS RIGHT BE inthe and the beach held fcy his troops against diverting vaders, the cost was assessed Ironically, Rommel was the British. 10,724 and it was dear: right. And Ironically, when 2,132 LETS GET OUT casualties, including the Allied invaders struck, dead. The price was highest Rommel had not completed Then U.S. Col. George A. sands of his coastal defense on the pattern. Taylor ordered an advance, Omaha Beach, for the GerMany of his defense forces shouted, Lets get out of man 352nd Infantry Division were miles from the beaches here and the "Air-ConditionedJeeppush began in ers was on the cliffs above. This and Rommel himself was in the other direction. Behind acturn was the unpredictable on leave, holiday Germany curate naval gunfire and supof fate, as Allied leaders had believing the weather (wa$ too , ported by new W'aves of reinmiles was 352nd believed the bad for any immediate Allied forcements, the U.S. infantryback from shore. It had been surge onto the coast. men drove back the German sent forward for routine traindefenders. So the Allies landed 14 diviTougher-Than-Eveing exercises. sions The battle for Normandy and the airborne units was the Even so, enemy was one of reinforcements the U.S. first and British seccaught off guard for several ond armies to drive possiand the Allies bad the upper hours as German general offi10 German divisions, here. They poured 36,250 hand bly cers refused to believe, any into the Utah sector; men in fixed back positions, many invasion force would vehture 34,250 into Omaha and 83,115 from the beaches. , weather foul forth in the Once the beaches were held, troops onto the British - Canawhich still gripped the chan Gen. Eisenhower dian beaches and the airborne however, nel. area before the German incould land up to 100 divisions Finally, the 352nd loosed a began to crumble. fantry into on and pound Germany Omaha of fire along barrage British punched out 2 1 to The with almost superiority. Beach which smashed at men, , of six miles, the CanadiAnd so it was. gains machines and craft landing ans eight. The U.S. 1st and In the first hours of the batalike. Only the courage of a tle on the Normandy beaches 29th divisions fought into fortifew leaders, many of them enfied villages behind Omaha listed men whose names even the Allies won three swift skirand dug in. The Utah sector On the left flank the mishes. not known, are pulled today the seaborne forces joined and Airborne Division 6th British of chaos enough order Out tactical surprise the airborne to press inland toto regroup the scattered and achieved gether. decimated Allied forces on the and wiped out German posiNEVER CAME beach and push ahead up and tions east of the Orne River. On the right flank the U.S. over or around the cliffs. Now the moment of truth Our Cherbourg-Hav- mine-clearin- pistol-packi.i- g o. f I e in 100 for TDIE AIDS ALLIES .L clock, however, was running on the side of the Allies. The Germans were hurting. Their cities had been bombed. They had lost North Africa. They had been pushed back to the hills of Rome. Yet the enemy still was cunning and dangerous, with 60 divisions to defend Western The Europe. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, scattered badly during the night airdrop, outfought three German divisions but suffered 2,500 casualties. Their success, however, shielded the U.S. 4th Infantry Division and it swept ashore soon after first light on Utah Beach, taking Nazi defenses at a cost of only 197, casualties for first major breakthrough. DIFFERENT STORY his advisers, Yanks Quit Viet Hill U.S. and South Vietnamese sweep through the A Shau Valley, which the peak overlooks, continued. Guerrillas attacked a government unit at the northern end of the valley The 10,000-ma- n Wednesday, May 28, 1969 3 BERGEN, NJ. underneath the Hudson River in a smoke-fille- d train, hundreds of passengers ripped cut doors and windows then grasping each others garments groped their way to the New Jersey end of the tunnel. York side pushed It out of the" tunnel. Authorities said 95 persons, most of them victims of smoke inhalation, were treat- ed at various hospitals with only four being admitted treatment. About 50 persons were treated at the scene of the accident. Dozens of shoes were left in railroad ties and when the victims, covered with grime and soot, reached safety they were "staggering like flies, according to a service station attendant at the New Jersey tunnel exit. Jill Bradstis, Roselle, N.J., sitting in a fire chiefs car ' inhaling oxygen, said the train had just gotten into the tunnel under the river when sparks began to fly. Some passengers cried out others pulled the emer- gency cc-- d. The smoke got so thick in the car with every-- , body coughing and choking you could hardly see the lights, she said. It was a real mess, said a railroad spokesman who indicated an investigation was underway into the cause of the fire believed to have started in an tiectrical mechanism in the train's third car. NORTH (UPI)1 Trapped Penn-Centr- stuck conPolice said an ductor was crushed to death and 140 persons injured in the Tuesday accident triggered by an electrical fire in a rush hour commuter train. The dead man was Identified as William J. 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By then it was too late and the battle was won. Even so, the fighting was On the four beaches' between the Orne and the Vire it was a different story. On Sword, Juno and Gold beaches, British and Canadian Continued from first page r was about to arrive the anticipated counterattack of Rommels panzer troops. But the panzers never came. The German command had broken down, with Rommel away , or Hitler, NFAS, imtiimm w ritfuji Smoke, Then Pani-cScores Flee Train resident r. CNYEEDED DESERET Appears ln Trouble worked against total victor-- . Yet ithin 24 hours the Nazi wall was punctured and the wcrds total victory were on tire lips of Allied leaders who had planned this gigantic effort, some for years, others, like Gen. Eisenhower, for only a brief Just before dawn that fateful morning, Gen. Eisenhower spoke by radio to the troops of the Allied expeditionary force, and exhorting encouraging them to accept nothing less than full victory. 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