Don Mays in his Navy uniform on June 7, 1944

I’ve seen these photos hundreds of times but never spotted the significance of the date. June 7, 1944. The day after the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII. Other war news from that date:

• German submarine U-629 was sunk in the English Channel by Allied aircraft.
• The USS Susan B. Anthony struck a mine and sank, though all 2,689 aboard were saved.
• Japanese destroyer Hayanami was torpedoed and sunk by the USS Harder

The simple addition of the date adds so much to the photos.