With this week being the anniversary of D- Day I want to share with you some history that you may not have known that existed during the invasion of France. Did you know that Native Americans played a big part in the invasion? Cherokee tribal members communicated via radios in their native language on the Normandy beaches. Some 6,603 Americans were killed along the coast of France during the D- Day invasion. A total of 9,758 Allied soldiers died during the invasion.