The flag that led the first Americans to Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944, is headed to a ceremony at the White House and ultimately to the Smithsonian Institution. Dutch art collector Bert Kreuk bought the flag through Heritage Auctions June 12, 2016, for $514,000. Kreuk will deliver the 48-Star Flag that Led the First Americans to Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944 to President Donald Trump during a ceremony that is scheduled during Netherlands Prime Minister Marke Rutte`s visit next week to the White House. Following the ceremony, the flag is expected to be placed in the Smithsonian. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower directed the largest assault in the history of warfare on the coastline of Nazi-occupied France, unleashing an onslaught of more than 1,000 aircraft and 5,000 boats that delivered nearly 160,000 Allied troops across the English
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