D-Day is the name for the first operation in the Battle of Normandy, also codenamed Operation Overlord.
Thomas Dry Howie (April 12, 1908  July 17, 1944) was an American army officer, killed during the Battle of Normandy during World War II, while trying to capture the French town of Saint-L. 
 The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day). 
