Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxa!wetcw 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 Article-I.D.: pyuxa.790 Posted: Fri Jun 8 08:46:45 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jun-84 07:49:25 EDT Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 15 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