America, Daily Bread, History, Military, War

Daily Bread for 6.6.24: D-Day, Eighty Years On

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/06/2024 • Comments

Good morning.

Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 70. Sunrise is 5:16 and sunset 8:31 for 15h 14m 24s of daytime. The moon is new with none of its visible disk illuminated.

Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Committee meets at 5:30 PM.

On this day in 1944, Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, begins with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies would land on five invasion beaches and were pushing inland.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer, Broadcast on June 6, 1944:

Daily Bread, Military, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 7.23.23: The Thrilling World of a Wisconsin Fighter Pilot

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/23/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:37 AM and sunset 8:24 PM for 14h 46m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 27.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1972, the United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources…

Daily Bread, Madison, Military, Weird Tales

Daily Bread for 2.13.23: Madison-Based Jets Shoot Down Mysterious Object over Lake Huron

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/13/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 45. Sunrise is 6:53 AM and sunset 5:24 PM for 10h 30m 54s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 51.5% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School Board holds a legislative breakfast at 8 AM, and Whitewater’s Planning…

America, Daily Bread, History, Military

Daily Bread for 12.5.22: General Grant’s Promotion

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/05/2022 • Comments

Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 39. Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset 4:20 PM for 9h 10m 14s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 93.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified (to repeal the…

America, Cats, History, Military

Friday Catblogging: Heroic Military Cats

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/18/2020 • Comments

Jackie Mead writes of 6 Heroic Military Cats. Among those admirable felines was the U.S. Navy tabby Princess Papule: Striped tabby Princess Papule was born on July 4, 1944, at the Pearl Harbor Navy Base in Hawaii. Pooli, as she was known to the sailors, was brought aboard the attack transport USS Fremont by crewman James Lynch.…