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MILITARY MILITARY FACES Navy resumes Marine Raider’s ‘Lisey’s Story’ is drug-testing court-martial new high mark for program set to begin horror author King Page 4 Page 5 Page 18 Team USA tops Venezuela to secure spot at Tokyo Olympics ›› Page 24 stripes.com Volume 80 Edition 36 ©SS 2021 MONDAY,JUNE 7, 2021 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Small ceremonies mark anniversary D-Day,remembered of Allied landing BY SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on June 6, 1944, landing on the Nazi-occu- pied Normandy shore. Several ceremonies were being held Sunday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and western Europe from Nazi control, and honor those who fell. “These are the men who en- abled liberty to regain a foothold SEE CEREMONIES ON PAGE 3 INSIDE V Corps honors vets at Omaha Beach Page 3 World War II reenactors com- memorate the 77th anniversary of D-Day on Omaha Beach, Nor- mandy, Sunday. DAVID VINCENT/AP Marines have pinned wings on one of last Hornet fighter jet ‘back-seaters’ BY CHAD GARLAND to the May “winging” ceremony at men’s club, just honoring each ons systems officer, also known as Stars and Stripes Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. other,” McCarthy was quoted say- a “wizzo” or WSO, is behind the pi- When 1st Lt. Brenda McCarthy McGrath was the first woman in ing in a Marine Corps statement. lot in the two-seat F/A-18D Horn- was preparing to earn her wings the Marine Corps to fly an F/A-18 “And she accepted.” et, where she’ll provide situational as the last female weapons sys- into combat. Just before Memorial Day awareness, navigation and com- tems officer in the Marine Corps, “I thought it would be a true in- weekend, McGrath pinned the munications support. she wanted as her guest the first spiration for my sisters who are gold wings on McCarthy, signify- As the guest of honor at the May MELLIZZA BONJOC/U.S. Marine Corps woman to earn those wings. pretty young, and females in gen- ing her completion of training to 27 winging ceremony, McGrath Marine Corps 1st Lt. Brenda McCarthy wrote a letter invit- eral in the military to see empo- become a naval aviator. McCarthy is the last female ing retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath wering women in aviation, in a McCarthy’s position as a weap- SEE LAST ON PAGE 6 weapons systems officer. PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, June 7, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER US economy grows despite lack of workers, supplies EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1,112.35 Associated Press president of Elmer Schultz Servic- Does robust consumer spending Switzerland (Franc) 0.8992 Euro costs (June 7) $1.19 Thailand (Baht) 31.15 WASHINGTON — The U.S. es, a family-owned Philadelphia reflect economic strength and resil- Dollar buys (June 7) 0.8009 Turkey (New Lira) 8.6600 British pound (June 7) $1.38 economy is sparking confusion and firm that repairs and maintains iency? 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TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classified .................... 13 Comics .........................16 Crossword ................... 16 Faces .......................... 18 Opinion ........................ 14 Sports .................... 19-24 Monday, June 7, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY V Corps honors WWII veterans at Omaha Beach BY JOHN VANDIVER Ceremonies in Normandy sur- Stars and Stripes rounding the D-Day anniversary U.S. Army V Corps soldiers are normally major international faced the daunting task of taking events, with thousands of people Omaha Beach 77 years ago during arriving from around the world to the D-Day invasion of Normandy, mark the occasion. This year, the where the unit’s current com- events were scaled back again be- mander paid homage Friday to the cause of the pandemic. troops who carried out one of Kolasheski spoke before a small World War II’s most daring mis- gathering of people about the sac- U.S. ARMY EUROPE AND AFRICA sions. rifices made during Operation Charles Shay, a veteran of the DDay landing at Normandy, meets with V Corps commander Lt. Gen. John “Omaha Beach was the most Overlord. V Corps was responsible Kolasheski during a ceremony on Friday at Omaha Beach. heavily defended of the landing ar- for 50,000 troops that were part of eas,” Lt. Gen. John Kolasheski said the Omaha Beach assault force, paved the way for Allied victory of the service’s ground forces on Corps also has a forward base in during a ceremony overlooking mostly drawn from the 1st and 29th over Nazi Germany a year later. the Continent. The move is part of a Poznan, Poland that will eventual- the WWII battleground. “V Corps Infantry Divisions. “When you think through what broader increase of capabilities in ly have about 200 troops. troops encountered the worst con- In the first 15 hours of combat, V the people that participated back Europe, where concerns about a V Corps history in Europe goes ditions on D-Day and suffered the Corps suffered 2,500 casualties, in June of 44 went through — holy more aggressive Russia in recent back all the way to World War I, highest number of casualties.” but still managed to fight through smokes,” Kolasheski said in a years have prompted Pentagon when it earned the title “Victory The observance, two days ahead the German defenses to secure the phone interview. planners to add forces after dec- Corps.” of the June 6 anniversary of D- beachhead. For V Corps, honoring the con- ades of drawing down. Today’s V Corps draws inspira- Day, was held in special honor of “Soldiers laden with equipment tributions soldiers made during Details are still getting worked tion from the command’s storied one of the soldiers who was part of were dropped off in water any- WWII takes on added significance out, but Kolasheski said he antici- lineage, perhaps most notably the the first wave to hit Omaha Beach: where from waist-high to depths this year given the command’s re- pates that V Corps will be the oper- role it played on D-Day, Kolashes- retired Master Sgt. Charles Shay. over their head,” Kolasheski said.