 Many characters have died in the intervening time period, from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, by his own hand to Commander Dan Black, one of the main characters of the story who asks for a return to combat and dies during the re-takeover of Hawaii, when his plane crashed during take-off from Muroc Airfield, California.D-Day is launched on May 3 of 1944, a month earlier than in the original timeline.The Allies invade the Pas-de-Calais instead of Normandy, relying on a dis-information campaign to obtain surprise.