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Joliet Remembers
The 1940s

 

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June 6, 1944
D-Day

On this day, armed forces from the U.S. Great Britain, and Canada invaded France, and began the effort to inflict a final defeat on the German armies on the Western front.

Below are the headline, and stories about the invasion printed in the Joliet Herald-News that day.

         

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

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Joliet Remembers the 1940s was written and produced by Leslie Eggman, Roger Gambrel, and  Jack Tegel.