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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: D-DAY TRIVIA
Message-ID: <790@pyuxa.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 8-Jun-84 08:46:45 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  8 08:46:45 1984
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Well, contrary to popular notion, the letter D in D-Day stands
for nothing more than the word day, just like in H-Hour.  The
French popularly used the D to mean Deliverence, for obvious
reasons.  Others have tacked meanings to the letter, however,
according to Allied High Command records, the D had no
specific meaning other than to mean THE DAY.  Now I am sure
we will be seeing at least 10 more opinions, however, the
source for this bit of information comes from an interview
with an author who just published a tome on the subject
of D-Day.  I didn't get his name, nor the name of his book
as I was listening to the interview on WMCA (NY) while driving
home on June 5th.  The question of the D meaning came up
specifically and the author said that he researched that one
quite thoroughly.
T. C. Wheeler