'This is it,' was the general feeling in Los Angeles on D-day, 75 years ago. 'Let's get it over with.'
June 6, 1944: Workers at the Douglas Aircraft Co. read about the D-day invasion in a Los Angeles Times extra edition. This photo appeared in the June 7, 1944, Times.
In the Plaza de Justicia, beside the Hall of Records, 2000 looked to the blazing sunlight of the heavens in prayer at noontime while a breeze ruffled the flags of the United Nations. Mayor [Fletcher] Bowron, informed of the Allied confirmation of the invasion at his home, early suggested that everyone"go to churches or other appropriate places at 12:30 p.m." to pray for success and that a minimum number of lives might be lost .…
June 6, 1944: Douglas Aircraft Co. workers bow in silent prayer during lunch break as the D-day invasion continued in France..June 6, 1944: A special edition of the Los Angeles Times announces the invsion of France.There was no jubilation yesterday in the aircraft plants and the shipyards, but there was intense interest, a feeling of purposefulness.
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