Thursday, June 6, 2024

D-Day: the 80th anniversary

D-Day--one of the most consequential events in the history of America, and the world--took place June 6, 1944, eighty years ago today. 

The picture, above, shows the inside of a newspaper I have--the New York tabloid paper the Daily Mirror.  The paper--and other D-Day newspapers--were given to me, during my childhood, by (I believe) my maternal grandparents.