This photograph appeared in the pages of the Scranton Tribune on June 7, 1944. It shows a group of women gathered to pray at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Scranton, Pennsylvania as Allied troops stormed ashore a day earlier on June 6 – D-Day. From the Scranton Tribune This scene was common across the Coal Region that day as churches opened their doors for special services and Americans as a whole hoped for the success of their soldiers and sailors ag…
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