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D-Day’s Unlikely Witness: Martha Gellhorn, the Woman Who Stormed Normandy
On D-Day, as thousands of men stormed Normandy’s beaches, one woman defied orders to witness history. Martha Gellhorn, denied press credentials, stowed away on a hospital ship, waded ashore, and became the only female correspondent to report from Omaha Beach. Her words didn’t glorify war—they revealed its brutal truth.