The Okeechobee County Commission paused their June 6 meeting to honor the 80th Anniversary of D-Day
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![On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the long-anticipated invasion of Normandy, France. Soldiers from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations faced Hitler's formidable Atlantic Wall as they landed on the beaches of Normandy. [Photo courtesy World War II Museum]](/uploads/original/20240606-091245-a2f-D Day photo courtesy national WWII museum.jpg)
OKEECHOBEE – The Okeechobee County Commission paused their June 6 meeting to honor the 80th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion also known as D-Day.
Commissioner Kelly Owens spoke about her uncle joined the Army in World War II and trained as a telephone switch operator, “then found himself at Normandy at the age of 22.”
“He made it home, and our family is grateful for that, but there were many that didn’t.
Owens asked for a moment of silence “for those who gave their lives for us 80 years ago.”
