D-Day" was June 6. The invasion had gone well, and by Christmas the end of the war in Europe was in sight.
Annotated by David Rathgeber
This is one of Elmer Riggins’ Christmas poems from long ago to his wife Blanche. https://www.iaspaw.org/poet
You can view and enjoy all of his poems here: A lifetime of Elmer Riggins' Christmas poems from long ago https://davidr.net/Xmas-Elmer/