Joyner Library Special Collections Remembers D-Day, June 6, 1944

Photograph of World War II Generals Ira Thomas Wyche, Omar Nelson Bradley, and Dwight D. Eisenhower from early July 1944. Caption from verso reads: General Wyche (right) lunches with Gens. Bradley and Eisenhower in Normandy, less than a month after the Allied invasion. Ira Thomas Wyche Papers (#210), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.

Today, we remember the brave individuals who took part in the Normandy landings, more commonly referred to as D-Day, on June 6, 1944. 79 years ago today, roughly 160,000 Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, in a massive operation to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation. The D-Day landings remain the largest seaborne invasion in history and were a turning point for the Allied forces in World War II.

To commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, we have compiled a list of resources and collections from our holdings that relate to the June 6, 1944, Normandy landings.

For more information about any of the materials listed below, or for questions about how to access these and many other collections, feel free to contact the faculty and staff of Joyner Library Special Collections at SPECIALCOLLECTIONS@ECU.EDU.

Oral Histories Related to D-Day:

• David L. Byrd Oral History Interview (#OH0157), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• Willard W. DeVenter Oral History Interview (#OH0153), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• John L. Landreth Oral History Interview (#OH0119), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• William B. Martin Oral History Interview (#OH0267), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• Edward G. Miller Oral History Interview (#OH0092), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• Frank H. Price, Jr., Oral History Interview (#OH0104), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• Howard R. Schoenbaum Oral History Interview (#OH0130), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.

Collections Related to D-Day:

• Edward Baxter Billingsley Papers (#782), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• David L. Byrd Papers (#734), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• John L. Landreth Collection (#590), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• William B. Martin Papers (#1226), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• Edward G. Miller Papers (#541), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• Helen K. Peel Collection (#1232), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• Frank H. Price, Jr., Papers (#773), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• John Epps Teel Collection (#1073), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• Leslie Avery Shaw Papers (#992), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• Robert Frederick Sink Papers (#255), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: Lester C. Haas Papers (#677.080), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• Douglas R. Woodworth Diary (#333), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
• Ira Thomas Wyche Papers (#210), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.