FYI - DDAY

XM is doing something really unique next week and I can't wait to listen. Beginning Wednesday, June 6, XM is going to air the original radio news bulletins from NBC Radio for the D-Day invasion, in real time almost exactly how the reports were heard 63 years ago. It will begin at 12:41 am Eastern time on Channel 4, The 40s, to correspond when the actual first reports were going live. LIVE COVERAGE Map Germans are attacking in the air. Numerous dog fights between Typhoons and Messerschmidt are reported. ...  Hitler is rushing to Paris to try his intuition President Roosevelt leads nation on prayer via radio broadcast (12:13) German opposition less than expected. Germans report they have handled out parachutists and captured many of them (12:18) We don't know exactly where our forces have landed, but the Germans say it's  Le Havre. (12:22) House convened at 11:10 - instead of usual prayer members stood in silent prayer. (12:32) Republican House leader Sen White (Maine)  does not call this a quagmire, (12:39) Bulletin from IKE's HDQTRS - As evening approaches we have overcome the top 5-6 hurdles (12:41) ... Goering announced he has a fleet of 15,000 planes ready to battle our 11,000 when he wants to. (12:46) Our airborne troops have captured several important bridges and are holding (HV Kaltenborn 1:01) Goering told his pilots that "this invasion must be fought off, even if it means the death of the Luftwaffe."(1:06) Some of our best information is coming from German radio.  We did not know that Rouen was engaged until their report. Lt. Col Ret, James Stevenson - NBC military analyst reports the landing at LeHavre was a stroke of genius. Because we must have those harbors. (1:09) Prime Minister Churchill's second statement of the day: "This operation is proceeding nicely"" (1:39) King George stated that the operation is proceeding with an amazingly low loss of life.