Both were bombed by Allied planes in the weeks before the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944, O'Donnell said.
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The lead group tightened leaving the backstretch, with Normandy Invasion briefly taking the lead before Orb made his dramatic move.
Mr Hastings has written books on Britain's strategic bombing campaign, the Allied invasion of Normandy and the battles for Germany and Japan in the closing stages of the war.
After a visit to the starting gate, Normandy Invasion, a 12-1 shot in the Derby, went comfortably through the lane before accelerating around the clubhouse turn.
In June 1944, Ike commanded Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, even larger than either of its predecessors.
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Neiman was in the invasion of Normandy and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, according to his publicist Gail Parenteau, later attending Chicago's prestigious School of the Art Institute on the G.
Sweeping into the lead around the far turn, Verrazano held off the challenges of Vyjack and Normandy Invasion and improved his record to 4-0.
The young Romanian immigrant hid the message "June 6 Invasion: Normandy" inside a strand of DNA. "It creates a new branch that the field can expand into, " Risco said.
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In the stretch, Verrazano first turned back Vyjack's bid, then held off Normandy Invasion to give Pletcher an unbeaten horse for the Derby for the second year in a row.
Sweeping into the lead around the far turn, Verrazano turned back Vyjack and then Normandy Invasion, who finished second by a neck to likely earn enough qualifying points to make it to the Derby.
Normandy Invasion is one of the 11 never to have run on an off track but trainer Chad Brown hoped this morning that his colt would take to the possibility of a sloppy surface.
The 3-year-old trained by Todd Pletcher won by three-quarters of a length over Normandy Invasion, who nipped Vyjack for second and likely punched his ticket to the Derby.
On Saturday, two other Derby contenders, Vyjack and Normandy Invasion, threatened his lead in the stretch, but he held them off to win by less than a length as the odds-on favorite.
"Nothing seems to faze him, " the nation's leading trainer said Saturday after his 3-year-old colt held off Normandy Invasion by three-quarters of a length with Vyjack another neck back in his final prep before the May 4 Derby.
The likely returnees and their Derby finishes: Orb (1), Normandy Invasion (4), Mylute (5), Oxbow (6), Will Take Charge (8th), Goldencents (17), Itsmyluckyday (14), and Vyjack (18).
The rest of the entries are Spiral Stakes winner Black Onyx, Wood runner-up Normandy Invasion, Arkansas Derby runner-up Frac Daddy, Louisiana Derby runner-up Mylute, Falling Sky, Golden Soul and Giant Finish.
John Velazquez rode Orb to wins in the Fountain of Youth and the Florida Derby because Rosario had other Derby contenders he was riding in Vyjack and Normandy Invasion.
He was in command of the Allied military organization that pulled off Operation Torch (the invasion of North Africa), Operation Husky (Sicily), and Operation Overlord (Normandy).
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