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A top-secret map of Omaha Beach used in the D-Day landing has been donated to the Library of Congress by the family of the soldier who carried it into battle, the Washington Post<\/em> reports<\/a> (mirror: Stars and Stripes<\/em><\/a>). [MAPS-L<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A top-secret map of Omaha Beach used in the D-Day landing has been donated to the Library of Congress by the family of the soldier who carried it into battle, the Washington Post reports (mirror:… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1034,66,59,500,1032],"class_list":["post-1808020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-conflicts","tag-d-day","tag-library-of-congress","tag-loc","tag-world-war-ii","tag-wwii","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2938,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/09\/the-albert-h-small-washingtoniana-collection\/","url_meta":{"origin":1808020,"position":0},"title":"The Albert H. 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