Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. In 1944, he was only 8 years old when on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). John Nance Garner IV became the Vice-President in this election. Vermont and Maine were the only two states in which Landon won. He ran against Republican Governor Alf Landon (Kansas), defeating Landon in the popular vote by 60.8% to 36.5%. In 1936, in the year that William J Omalley was born, on November 3rd, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a second term. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during William's lifetime.
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