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Richard Ernest Dupuy

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Richard Ernest Dupuy announces the Normandy landings

• ... that Colonel Richard Ernest Dupuy made the first official radio announcement of the Normandy landings? "It was Colonel Dupuy who broadcast to the world on June 6, 1944, the brief and longawaited statement: “Under the command of General Eisenhower, Allied naval forces, supported by strong air forces, began landing Allied armies this morning on the northern coast of France.”" from: "Col. R. Ernest Dupuy, 88, Dead; Publicist and Military Historian". The New York Times. 26 April 1975. Retrieved 17 June 2020. and "On the Coast, a yawning 12:32. Five seconds later the real news breaks. A voice [Colonel R. Ernest Dupuy] from SHAEF [Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force] in London" from: Banel, Feliks (29 May 2019). "On D-Day, West Coast radio listeners 'sat up all night by the radio'". My Northwest. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  • ALT1:... that Colonel Richard Ernest DupuyTemplate:`s radio statement announcing that the Normandy landings had taken place was so short that he read it twice? "It was so short, Dupuy actually read it twice in a row" from: >Banel, Feliks (29 May 2019). "On D-Day, West Coast radio listeners 'sat up all night by the radio'". My Northwest. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 18:22, 17 June 2020 (UTC).