is d day considered a holiday?
<answer> No, it is an observance and not a federal public holiday. <context> D-Day is an observance and not a federal public holiday in the U.S. About 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, to fight Nazi soldiers on June 6, 1944. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory”.