{"id":954,"date":"2008-04-27T04:05:45","date_gmt":"2008-04-27T04:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2008\/04\/27\/york-prays-as-its-men-hit-norm-1\/"},"modified":"2014-06-04T12:09:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T16:09:27","slug":"york-prays-as-its-men-hit-norm-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/york-prays-as-its-men-hit-norm-1\/","title":{"rendered":"York County on knees as its men storm Normandy beaches – Iconic photos 24-25\/31"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAs the military hit the beaches of Normandy in northwestern France on June 6, 1944, many York\/Adams residents supported those in uniform by going to houses of worship. The services were brief to allow workers to return to their jobs, where the demands of immense war contracts awaited them. Here is the entrance that worshippers entered at Union Evangelical Lutheran Church on York, Pa.’s West Market Street. Background posts: Nazis murdered downed airman from York County, Part IIII<\/a>, Book gives positive view of forgotten Gen. Jacob Devers<\/a> and York\/Adams residents contributed to ‘The War’<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Continuing in this series of iconic photographs from York County’s past… .<\/p>\n

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A short time after Allied troops broke through the crust in Normandy, York native Gen. Jacob L. Devers was leading two armies through the south of France to force the Germans to defend a second front. Devers’ 6th Army Group reached the banks of the Rhine River. There, the 85th Engineers installed a pontoon bridge in nine hours, considered a major feat. Here, Gen. Devers, left, confers with Lt. Donald E. MacNutt, of the engineers, as light and heavy vehicles from the 10th Armored Division cross the river in the spring of 1945. (Image courtesy, York County Heritage Trust.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n


\nPosts in this series:<\/strong>
\n– 400 years ago, John Smith explored Chesapeake Bay – 1\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– Declaration signer James Smith tops York County patriot list – 2\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– Going to market a longtime York County pastime – 3\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– William C. Goodridge: From slavery to success story – 4\/31 iconic images
\n<\/a>
\n– Rebs’ short York visit creates long memories – 5\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n–Artist Horace Bonham captured everyday life – 6\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n–York County farm vs. factory tension relieved in overnight raid – 7\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– York County stood firmly behind Allies on all fronts in WW II – 8\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– Downtown thrived in post-WW II York – 9\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– After WWII success, Farquhar sells assets to out-of-town outfit – 10\/31 iconic images<\/a>.
\n– Sears, York County Shopping Center in the middle of things – 11\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– Three Mile Island emergency indelibly written into memories – 12\/2 iconic images<\/a>.
\n– People of varying religious groups founded York County – 13\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– President Reagan: ‘Harley is back and standing tall’ – 14\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– York’s mayor: ‘We are no longer unprotected’ – 15\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– Grange Hall represented past way of York County life – 16\/31 iconic images<\/a>.
\n– York County Honors Choir product of proud moment – 17\/31 iconic images<\/a>.
\n– Meeting of riot victims brought hope for racial accord – 18\/31 iconic images<\/a>.
\n– Property rights foundational factor in Lauxmont dispute – 19\/31 iconic images<\/a>.
\n– New baseball diamond serves as York cornerstone – 20\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– Season 2 of York’s campaign to come back – 21-23 of 31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– York on knees as its men storm Normandy beaches – 24-25 of 31 iconic images <\/a>
\n– One image illustrates two long-neglected subjects in York area – 26-27 of 31 iconic images<\/a>
\n– Images explain changes in York County factories, farms – 28-29 of 31 iconic images<\/a>
\nYork County still home to unvarnished beauty – 30\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\nLatinos most recent migrant group to call York County home – 31\/31 iconic images<\/a>
\nFor additional iconic photos of York County, see this blog’s iconic photo category<\/a>. <\/em>
\nTo see the full series of iconic photos in a special York Daily Record\/Sunday News publication, click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nThis photograph, from York Corporation’s ‘Shop News’ shows workers and other York countians entering Union Lutheran Church on D-Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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