MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — The USS LST 393 Veterans Museum in Muskegon is paying tribute to the lives lost in the D-Day Invasion.

The museum hopes to help visitors better appreciate the scale of the D-Day invasion and its importance.

“D-Day was one of the most anticipated events of World War II. All of the Allied nations knew it was coming, but they didn’t know exactly when and exactly where,” John Stephenson, a museum board member, said. “It took a world to defeat the enemies of freedom and that’s what they did. It was a humongous effort.”

The offensive began 81 years ago Friday in Normandy, France. The LST 393 was one of many ships in the waters off Omaha Beach and served a crucial role. It landed on the third day of the invasion, June 9, 1944.

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