D-Day Orders & A Saginaw Soldier's Story | June 6
From Michigan Minute by WKAR Public Media
June 6, 2026 · 1 min · Episode 1556
About this episode
This episode discusses Gen. Eisenhower's D-Day orders given to Lt. Wallace Strobel from Saginaw, Michigan.
On this day in 1944, Gen. Eisenhower gave his D-Day orders to Lt. Wallace Strobel of Saginaw, Michigan—captured in a now-iconic photo turned postage stamp.
Topics covered
- D-Day
- World War II
- military history
- Saginaw
- Eisenhower
- soldier stories
Keywords
- D-Day
- Eisenhower
- Wallace Strobel
- Saginaw
- World War II
- military orders
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Saginaw, Michigan, 1944
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