A ST. AUGUSTINE D-DAY LETTER Today we honor the anniversary of D-Day. On June 6th, 1944 the Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in Axis occupied France. 📝 A letter written from Joyce Murphy, to her mother, Deborah (Detta) Murphy, recounts her thoughts and feelings of the significant impact that June 6th, 1944 would have on her fellow Americans. The letter was originally published in the The St. Augustine Record on June 10, 1944. TRANSCRIPT OF LETTER: June 6, 1944 5 A.M. Well, Moma: I guess the above date will go down in history as one of the greatest days in the history of the United States. I can’t express my feelings at the moment. Here I am a small part of a great defense plant, doing my part to help get the supplies over seas. I am an American defense plant worker, listening to varied reports about the progress of the Allied forces in the battle to decide whether my little bit and the thousands of other contributions to this war effort was enough. Read an...