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PRESIDENTS OF WAR, 9 other books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. @PBS contributor. Born Chicago. My Threads link is https://t.co/9r7VWCiF7W

Jun 5, 2021, 5 tweets

Catholic chaplain worships with American soldiers and sailors destined to fight on D-Day at Omaha Beach, this week 1944: #NARA

Knowing how many of them are likely to perish in D-Day invasion of tomorrow 1944, General Eisenhower says goodbye to American paratroopers:

At White House, jubilant FDR delivers fireside chat on fall of Rome, tonight 1944, while concealing secret that D-Day invasion of Europe would unfold within hours:

Landing on D-Day, today 1944: #NARA

D-Day landing photographed by Cornell Capa, today 1944;

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