I suppose ignoring Sword, Juno, and Gold is ok by some people.
Not with me. People paid dearly for a foothold and D-Day is for all of those soldiers.
Here in the USA, the British really get the short shrift and the Canadians are ignored completely. If it were not for them, the entire sector would have reinforced Utah and Omaha. I still feel the USA did the heavy lifting, but for criminy sakes, this was a joint effort with a huge and indispensable contribution by Britain and Canada.
That said, Omaha is special by the very difficulty of the landing. No where else on D-Day was resistance so stiff and so many things go so wrong. IIRC, the Canadians at Juno caught very stiff resistance as well, but still no where near what occurred on Omaha. Still, they lost 1,200 dead to the US 10,000 dead at Omaha.
For that reason, the US landing on Omaha has been upheld as the best symbol of the allied fighting spirit and determination and has come to really represent D-Day. But it does seem that way too many Americans forget the other half of the invasion by the English, Scots, Welsh, Irish, Free French, Belgians, Aussies, New Zealanders, and of course Canadians Hell, even Utah gets completely overlooked on D-Day. It is all about Omaha and Ponite Du Hoc.
Not true. There was lots of misery to spread around. And I am humbly grateful for each and every sacrifice made on those beaches and inland an in the Pacific and else where, to keep me free.
I only grieve that Obama will do more to enslave me than Hitler ever could.