How Do You Say That in English?
Masque à gaz
What is Billboard?
Hey, hey, hey! On D-Day, this future Hall of Fame ballplayer was manning a landing craft support vessel
Who is Yogi Berra?
Northern France is home to this region, where Operation Overlord began
What is Normandy?
The National D-Day Memorial's plane is nicknamed after this insect
What is a grasshopper?
Occhiali da sole
What are sunglasses?
Who is Batman?
The Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force was often know by this three-letter nickname
What is Ike?
According to a June 1944 newspaper report, this European capital was the first to sport an American flag on a government building
What is Rome?
This man designed the landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP)
Who is (Andrew Jackson) Higgins?
Fusil
What is rifle?
"Aw phooey!" is what I'll say if you can't name this cartoon bird drafted into the U.S. Army during WWII
The dimes circulating in America in 1944 were nicknamed after this Roman deity
Who is Mercury?
This summer, head to this Virginia city to see the USS Wisconsin
What is Norfolk?
The American envoy to this city within a city confirmed that it had not been damaged during Allied bombings of Rome's railway facilities in early June 1944
What is the Vatican City?
Embarcation de débarquement
What is a landing craft?
This 1937 animated movie with eight title characters was still showing in some theaters in June 1944
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
No, not the ninja turtle. This Italian artist is perhaps best known for his painting the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The Memorial's statue Le Monument aux Morts is a recasting of a statue from this French town
What is Trévières?
Don't be afraid to give us this name of the British battleship that revolutionized battleship design in the early 1900s
What is the HMS Dreadnought?
Quinta Armata
This singer's songs on the charts in June 1944 included "I Love You," "Swinging on a Star," and "I'll Be Seeing You"
Who is Bing Crosby?
No, not the ninja turtle. This Italian sculptor is perhaps best know for his statue of David completed in the early 1500s and which was enclosed in a brick structure during WWII to keep it safe
Who is Michelangelo?
The Allies tried to convince the Germans that the invasion of western Europe would begin in the Pas-de this port city in northern France
What is Calais?
Sailors aboard this ship broke into its freezers and ate all the ice cream inside as the vessel sank
What is the USS Lexington?