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Corp. Helen Kogel, a 23-year-old from South Dakota, had just become a part of history. She had typed the complete battle plans for the invasion of the Normandy Coast and the liberation of Europe — Operation Overload, D-Day. And she was unable to confide in anyone.
She knew the number of ships, aircraft and men, what units would be deployed, where each army involved would land. She knew ship movements, people movements. Where planes would drop bombs. She knew that the 101st Airborne – where two hometown friends served – would go in first to cut railroad lines, blow up bridges, and seize landing strips. She knew everything except the date it would begin. But she guessed it would be soon. And she could not discuss with it with anyone, in fact, she was told to forget what she had typed.
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Recipient of the DAR Community Service Award,
The Clara Barton Award of Meritorious Service,
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-violent Social Change Award.
A letter from President Bill Clinton congratulates her on being nominated for the Golden Rule Award for community service.
1943-1945, 405, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF)
