General Eisenhower Giving Orders to Paratroopers
6/5/1944
Add all page(s) of this document to activity:
This photograph shows Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower giving the order of the day – "Full victory, nothing less" – to paratroopers somewhere in England just before they board their planes to take part in the first assault of the invasion of France.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
Full Citation: Photograph 111-SC-189996; Photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower Giving the Order of the Day; 6/5/1944; Index to Personalities in the U.S. Army Signal Corps Photographic Files (111-SC, 111-P, 111-PC, 111-C), 1940 - 1981; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/eisenhower-orders-soldiers, April 26, 2024]