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Tampa Bay Times from St. Petersburg, Florida • 4

Publication:
Tampa Bay Timesi
Location:
St. Petersburg, Florida
Issue Date:
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4
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THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1944 J4 HOW PEOPLE TOOK IT Surprise, Shock, Fright Greet Mews of Invasion Here'i how a cross-section of St. Petersburg reacted yesterday i irtn u'liii-YViUi i i morning to news that Allied armiei naa lanaea in ranee; 5. MAYOR GEORGE PAT 4 xlr A TERSON "My first reaction was ings, amazed me. I fear that the enemy may be leading us on." MISS JERRY SCIIIEBEL, waitress "Cold chills ran up and down my spine My first thoughts were of my relatives in the service." BRUCE WATTERS, jeweler "The news came as a sudden As' .4 I- hi that this was the beginning of the end for Hitler." BILL Ml'LLINS, court clerk "The element of surprise seemed to me the secret of our first apparent success." R.

JOSEPH DEW, merchant shock to me although it was imminent I had a feeling of "Mv first thouchts were oi trie elation, followed by depression boys; then a feeling of relief, that we had at last made the jump and established ourselves." when I considered the consequences." MRS. AXXA RELITTS, housewife "I thought immediately of all the nation's mothers." JOE A. RICKMAXX, shipyard RAY MATTHEWS. Mound Park manager "Glad that the sus cense is finally over This is worker "I knew how those boys over there must feel; I was in the last one." WALLY BRAY, Navy flight instructor "At least the waiting ia over. That's really a man-sized job they're doing over there." EDMUND DROATES, salesman "I had a hunch that that phoney wire report from England was a build up to the real McCoy." A.

L. CIHLDS, Florida Motor lines executive "The long 4v Pf I The First In Many Months V- -jj (Sfm ini IfU vJJ llJ Uli. li! vJii waited-for day has come. My thoughts turned to the brave and gallant fighting men and women, and just how little some of us are doing to match their sacrifices." MRS. W.

CASSELS, house wife "I felt great anxiety on hearing the first news of the invasion. We must all have confidence and faith." the beginning of something we all wished for and perhaps, in a sense, dreaded. I feel for the friends and relatives as well as the boys over there." LEE HAYMAX "Although we were told that the invasion was Imminent, it came as a complete surprise when I opened my morning Times It was a relief from three standpoints: First, relief from nervous tension; second, that the invasion was successful, and greatest of all, th8t it was accomplished with a minimum loss of life." ERNEST RIDIXGER. bookkeeper at Mound Park hospital "I wish 1 could have been with them." CHIEF OF POLICE E. D.

VAUGHN "It was no surprise to me. It was obvious from the way things were shaping up, it 'was Just a question of time." LAVERXE THOMAS, Peninsular Telephone president "I am thankful that our forces have landed in Europe, however, the heaviest fighting is yet to come. We should all offer a prayer for our boys over there." J. E. "DOC" WEBB "My own first personal reaction was one of being thrilled; then a little scared I have a boy over there, a flight commander, so you can readily understand my reaction We have 335 store members already the service; I feel like the daddy of a very large gang." EDITH GASSXER, director of of nurses.

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