On This Day Archive for June 2009

June 5, 1944: D-Day eyewitnessed by MONITOR reporter, recounts invasion, paratroopers landing

for June 05, 2009

From the June 6, 1944 issue of The Christian Science Monitor
SHOT-BY-SHOT STORY FROM U.S.
CRUISER
Reporter, on bridge of warship jolted by exploding shells, dictates ‘the tale of the century’ as it happens - Airplane-borne gliders paint myriad cloud pattern.
ON BOARD THE HEAVY CRUISER U.S.S. QUINCY, OFF FRANCE, June 7.
Delayed - This is a round-by-round story of [...]