D-Day Lands Invasion Opens With Allied Breakthrough
Daily Telegraph readers on June 6 1944 faced a bold front page announcing Germans report Allied invasion units landing in Western France. Home front coverage described calm reactions in Bluefield with church services and prayers as news spread of Overlord.
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Virginia
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Total dedication: Civilians, even children, served their country
Rinceton residents recall WWII home front efforts from Pearl Harbor to D-Day. Veterans Tom Arvis and Carlisle Day describe unity and daily sacrifices, noting scrap drives, foil collection, kapok from milkweed, and play rifles as part of national dedication.
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Carlisle Day
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Arvis
Germany
Japan
War memories from Huntington reflect on Pearl Harbor to D-Day
Veterans recall air raid drills and blackout precautions, coupons for gas, and scarce candy as the nation rallied for war. They note Pearl Harbor as a turning point and D-Day as essential to ending Nazi dominance, with personal stories of service and heroism, including a West Virginia veteran credited with capturing 120 German soldiers.
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Arvis
Normandy
United States
Japan
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Humphrey Bogart
Bing Crosby
Okey Cornell
San Diego
Calif
West Virginia
Veteran recalls easy D-Day mission that turned deadly
Jack Fletcher of Bluefield recounts a supposed easy Normandy bombing run on D-Day that ended with his B 17 struck by flak and his right leg lost. He survived a perilous North Atlantic flight, endured months of recovery, and built a postwar career as an accountant and stock broker in Princeton.
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Air Force
Huntington
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England
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Maine
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96Th Bomber Group
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National Business College
Princeton
Veterans recall D-Day link to Pacific war effort
Dewey H. Brown of Princeton, a B-29 tail gunner, recalls D-Day as a pivotal moment enabling intensified combat against Japan. He notes the Normandy invasion shifted resources, highlights the risk of his role, and reflects on Eisenhower's decision and the casualties, stressing the Pacific theater's relief of German pressure and anticipated Japanese defeat.
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Dewey H. Brown
Princeton
Japan
Normandy
Brown
Dwight Eisenhower
Pacific
Germany
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