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Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

June 6, 2014

Eckstrom: D-Day with Dec. 7 in WWII consciousness

June 6, 1944, is one of the two dates that stand out above all others in Americans’ frame of reference about World War II.

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