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In honor of the War Correspondents who landed in Normandy, France, on D Day, June 6, 1944, with Allied Invading Forces; and others who joined them to report the Crusade Across Europe to bring freedom to that continent and the eventual end of a worldwide conflict of proportions unmatched.

Gathering 37 years later on this campus, where foreign correspondence is taught and historical records on World War II are maintained, some thirty members of this intrepid Press Corps assembled to dedicate this park and monument - headed by Jack Thompson, President of the Beachhead Correspondents' Association, who planted the first apple tree of a grove from Normandy, France, as a gift of France-Amerique.

Charles J. Ping, President, Ohio University
John R. Wilhelm, Dean, College of Communication, Chairman
George H. Lobdell, Professor of World War II History, Co-Chairman

[Dedicated] June 6, 1981

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