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Soldiers and Women's Army Corps personnel look over an invasion map as they follow the line of the D-Day invasion in France on June 6, 1944. The group was at the Orientation Center at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
Soldiers and Women’s Army Corps personnel look over an invasion map as they follow the line of the D-Day invasion in France on June 6, 1944. The group was at the Orientation Center at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
The front page of the Chicago Daily Tribune on D-Day has the headline “Allies Invade France” on June 6, 1944.
Wounded veterans recover in the Army's Gardiner General Hospital in Chicago and read the news of the Allied invasion of the coast of France on June 6, 1944. Left to right are Cpl. Merrill Bailey of California, Pfc. James Ervili of New York, Pfc. Harrison Wells of Wisconsin, Pvt. Gilbert Deisher of Illinois and Staff Sgt. Charles Kuklewicz of Massachusetts.
Wounded veterans recover in the Army’s Gardiner General Hospital in Chicago and read the news of the Allied invasion of the coast of France on June 6, 1944. Left to right are Cpl. Merrill Bailey of California, Pfc. James Ervili of New York, Pfc. Harrison Wells of Wisconsin, Pvt. Gilbert Deisher of Illinois and Staff Sgt. Charles Kuklewicz of Massachusetts.
A woman walks down Washington Street near Michigan Avenue as she reads about the D-Day invasion in the Chicago Daily Tribune on June 6, 1944.
A woman walks down Washington Street near Michigan Avenue as she reads about the D-Day invasion in the Chicago Daily Tribune on June 6, 1944.
Invasion day prayers are offered at a ceremony at the corner of State and Madison streets at 5:30 p.m. on June 6, 1944. Mayor Edward Kelly was one of the speakers at the ceremony.
Invasion day prayers are offered at a ceremony at the corner of State and Madison streets at 5:30 p.m. on June 6, 1944. Mayor Edward Kelly was one of the speakers at the ceremony.
The Rev. Edward Burke, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Chicago, left, leads a prayer while Mayor Edward Kelly, second from left, and Rabbi Felix Levy of Temple Emanuel listen in the background on June 6, 1944, during a D-Day prayer ceremony at State and Madison streets in downtown Chicago. Kelly, Levy and the Rev. Harrison Ray Anderson of Fourth Presbyterian Church, right, also gave prayers. The Tribune reported, “Hundreds of persons defied rain and chill to attend what was perhaps State street’s first civic prayer meeting.”
Irving Cohn reads about the D-Day invasion in the Chicago Daily Tribune as soon as he buys his paper on June 6, 1944. He sat on the nearest trash can to read it.
Irving Cohn reads about the D-Day invasion in the Chicago Daily Tribune as soon as he buys his paper on June 6, 1944. He sat on the nearest trash can to read it.
People leave Holy Name Cathedral after an 11 a.m. D-Day mass on June 6, 1944, at State and Superior streets in Chicago.
People leave Holy Name Cathedral after an 11 a.m. D-Day mass on June 6, 1944, at State and Superior streets in Chicago.
A group of women pray at St. Mary’s Church at 911 S. Wabash Ave. where noon D-Day services were held on June 6, 1944. The Tribune reported on June 7, 1944, “Chicagoans knelt in church and synagog yesterday to pray for the allied armies striking into western Europe.”