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The War
How America Heard the News of D-Day
Before 3 a.m. on June 6, 1944, a phone call woke Luverne editor Al McIntosh: the invasion of Europe had begun. Across America, church bells rang, Philadelphia's mayor tapped the Liberty Bell and Major League Baseball canceled its games. From Waterbury's synagogues to Sacramento's canneries, families prayed for sons whose fate they could not yet know.
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President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
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Germany and the Japanese surrender too and millions try to learn to live without war.
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By mid March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while Russians are 50 miles from Berlin.
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On D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history.
