A special service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion was held Thursday, June 6 at the Stellarton Legion.
A brief account of the Allied invasion was told and wreaths were laid.
According to the Canadian War Museum of the nearly 150,000 Allied troops who landed or parachuted into the invasion area, 14,000 were Canadians. These Canadians were responsible for the assault on Juno beach. Canadian paratroopers landed just east of the assault beaches. The Royal Canadian Navy contributed 110 ships and 10,000 sailors in support of the landings while the R.C.A.F. had helped prepare the invasion by bombing targets inland. On D- Day and during the ensuing campaign, 15 R.C.A.F. fighter and fighter-bomber squadrons helped control the skies over Normandy and attacked enemy targets. Canadians suffered 1,074 casualties, including 359 killed.
