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News in Frederick, Maryland

07 Jun 1949

Page 8

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Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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Jun 07, 1949

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8

D-Day Beat by Frederick Post Five Years Ago Monday

The Frederick Post breaks a major wartime story five years late, relying on staff with contacts in the 29th Division. As dawn nears on invasion, editors scramble to publish, holding presses amid blitz of urgent teletype and flash signals.

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Post Frederick Pos Normandy Europe the Post Maryland England Frederick Loudoun County Associated Press Frederick County Atlantic Seaboard United States Frederick Post D-Day J. F. Minor Simpson Joseph F. Eisenhauer Eisenhauer Harry W. Herman Gabby Herman News-Post Omaha Utah Churchill Henry Decker the News August T. Brust Universal Flash Uriah Shockley Pie Woodrow Wilson Smith Raymond D. Smith Laster Cole Cole Louis, Cole Louis Cole, Jr Cole Sr Shockley Pennsylvania Virginia Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company Camp Ritchie Camp Detrick
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D Day scoop and postwar staff memory at Frederick Post

The Frederick Post staff recalls the June 6 1944 D Day scoop as a mass effort by editors printers and teletypes. Urged by wartime urgency the office delayed mails and shared exclusive war news while families and RFC subscribers awaited the dispatch.

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Samuel S. Johnston Toby Frederick D-Day Baltimore Washington Post Walter Johnson Washington Senators
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