Commemorating the 82nd Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion on June 6, 2026

Senate Resolution No. 2271

BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS

        COMMEMORATING  the  82nd  Anniversary of the D-Day
        Invasion on June 6, 2026

  WHEREAS, June 6, 2026, will mark the 82nd Anniversary of the  Allied
Assault  at Normandy, France, by troops of the United States, the United
Kingdom, and Canada, known as "Operation Overlord"; and

  WHEREAS, The naval phase of the Allied Assault at Normandy was coded
"Operation Neptune," and the date, June  6,  1944,  is  referred  to  as
"D-Day" to denote the day on which the combat attack was initiated; and

  WHEREAS, The D-Day landing was the largest combined armed amphibious
assault in history, involving approximately 160,000 Allied troops in the
Normandy  invasion;  approximately  73,000 of the troops were members of
the United States Armed Forces; and

  WHEREAS, The  landing  consisted  of  five  infantry  divisions--two
American,  two  British, and one Canadian--assigned to beaches that were
code-named, from west to east,  "Utah,"  "Omaha,"  "Gold,"  "Juno,"  and
"Sword"; and

  WHEREAS, The Americans constituted the United States 1st Army, under
Major  General  Omar  Bradley,  and  the  British 2nd Army was under the
command of General Miles Dempsey; and

  WHEREAS, The Supreme Commander of  the  Allied  Forces  was  General
Dwight D.  Eisenhower; and

  WHEREAS,  Of  the approximately 10,000 Allied casualties incurred on
the first day of the landing, more than 6,000 were members of the United
States Armed Forces; and

  WHEREAS, The Allied Assault and subsequent operations were supported
by ships, aircraft, and troops from Australia, Belgium,  Czechoslovakia,
Free  Norway, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the Polish Armed
Forces in the West; and

  WHEREAS, The Normandy Campaign was  a  decisive  success;  by  early
September  1944,  all  but  a fraction of France had been liberated, and
Allied forces had reached the German frontiers; and

  WHEREAS, Communities, museums, memorial organizations, veterans, and
citizens throughout the United States and  Allied  Nations  continue  to
commemorate the legacy and historical significance of D-Day; and

  WHEREAS, The courage and sacrifice demonstrated by the Allied Forces
on  D-Day  changed  the  course  of  World  War II and helped secure the
liberation of Europe from Nazi occupation; and

  WHEREAS, The State of New York owes  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  the
members   of   the   military  who  participated  in  this  historically
significant event; and

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that  when  events
of  such  historical  consequences  are  brought  to our attention, they
should be recognized and  remembered  by  all  citizens  of  this  great
Stateof New York; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commemorate the 82nd Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion on June 6,  2026;
and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the National World War II Museum, located in New Orleans,
Louisiana,  and  the  National  D-Day  Memorial,  located  in   Bedford,
Virginia.