| When to begin an operation | 26 |
| When Operation Overlord took place | 34 |
| When Omaha Beach was invaded | 28 |
| When Juno and Gold Beach were assaulted | 39 |
| When Ike struck | 15 |
| When all one's planning is put to the test | 46 |
| When a major operation begins | 29 |
| What this puzzle's theme commemorates | 41 |
| W.W. II time | 12 |
| W.W. II milestone | 17 |
| W.W. II event | 13 |
| W. W. II date | 13 |
| Turning point of WWII | 21 |
| Turning point of 1944 | 21 |
| Turning point in WWII | 21 |
| Time of reckoning, figuratively | 31 |
| Time of 1944's Operation Neptune | 36 |
| Time for Ike's big push | 27 |
| Time for a big event | 20 |
| The great invasion? | 19 |
| The French call it "le jour J" | 40 |
| Subject of the book "Six Armies in Normandy" | 54 |
| Start of Operation Overlord | 27 |
| Setting of the opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" | 63 |
| Setting for "Saving Private Ryan" | 43 |
| RFK died exactly 24 years after it | 34 |
| Report-card time, to some | 25 |
| Pivotal WWII time | 17 |
| Over-from-Dover time | 20 |
| Operation Overlord's time | 29 |
| Opening minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" | 50 |
| Offensive time | 14 |
| Offensive famously photographed by Robert Capa | 46 |
| Normandy Invasion opener | 24 |
| Momentous moment | 16 |
| Momentous event of WWII | 23 |
| Military time | 13 |
| Make-or-break event | 19 |
| Late-spring commemoration | 25 |
| June, 1944, milestone | 21 |
| June anniversary | 16 |
| June 6, 1944, invasion | 22 |
| June 6, 1944 remembrance | 24 |
| June 1944 offensive | 19 |
| Ike's date with destiny | 27 |
| Historic WWII event | 19 |
| Historic invasion date | 22 |
| H-hour relative | 15 |
| Frat brother of Bluto in "Animal House" | 49 |
| Famous invasion nickname | 24 |
| Event of 1944 | 13 |
| Event depicted in "Saving Private Ryan" | 49 |
| European invasion date | 22 |
| E.T.O. date | 11 |
| Decisive time (or theme of this puzzle) | 39 |
| Decisive deadline | 17 |
| Deadline time | 13 |
| Crucial time in 1944 | 20 |
| Bummers | 7 |
| Allied push | 11 |
| 6/6/44 remembrance | 18 |
| 6/6/1944 | 8 |
| 6-6-44 | 6 |
| 40's turning point | 22 |
| 1944 Normandy landing | 21 |
| '44 war term | 16 |
| '40s turning point | 22 |
| Decisive times | 14 |
| Times to attack | 15 |
| Times to act | 12 |
| Times for action | 16 |
| Operation-launching times | 25 |
| Make-or-break dates | 19 |
| Critical moments to gear up for | 31 |
| Turning points in battle | 24 |
| Times to send in the troops | 27 |
| They culminate attack preparations | 34 |
| Planned attack times | 20 |
| Pivotal times | 13 |
| Operation times | 15 |
| Make-or-break times | 19 |
| Dates set for attacks | 21 |
| Critical times of attack | 24 |
| 24-hour periods of significance | 31 |
| White House monogram | 20 |
| J.F.K.'s predecessor | 24 |
| Ike's monogram | 18 |
| Presidential inits. | 19 |
| JFK predecessor | 15 |
| W.W. II inits. | 14 |
| JFK's predecessor | 21 |
| 34th pres. | 10 |
| White House initials | 20 |
| HST's successor | 19 |
| Ike | 3 |
| H.S.T.'s successor | 22 |
| Ike's initials | 18 |
| 34th U.S. pres. | 15 |
| Old White House inits. | 22 |
| HST follower | 12 |