Pardon me for jumping on your thread but I am trying to find out where the name "D" day originated from, what it means...anyone?

"D" is simply a military term to denote the day on which an operation begins, regardless of the calendar date. Other phases of an operation are then referred to in relation to D-Day, for example D-1, D+4 etc. In the same way, H-Hour is the time at which an operation begins, and thus we have H+30, H-5 and so forth. This is why D-Day in French is rendered Jour J.

Thank you, that is very interesting to know.

I am replying to this on June 6th! Anyway- when we were in Bayeux we just took a walk after breakfast and came upon a tour bus and just hopped on and took a very nice 1/2 day tour of the major sites (Omaha Beach, Cemetary, Pont du Hoc, etc) and were back in time for lunch and the Baueux Tapistry after lunch. Just go and enjoy!