AP's D-Day Coverage: A Frontline Perspective and a Fallen Photographer
The Associated Press documented the Normandy invasion with a dedicated team, losing photographer Bede Irvin in the process.
- AP journalists covered D-Day from various vantage points including air, sea, and land.
- The largest armada in history carried 133,000 troops across the English Channel to Normandy.
- AP correspondent Roger Greene sent the first beachhead report amid intense combat.
- Photographer Bede Irvin was killed by friendly fire while documenting the battle near St. Lo.
- Irvin is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery, honored by colleagues on the 80th anniversary.
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