Article: LEGACY OF WAR EFFORT PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE.(MAIN)

Byline: CHARLES MITCHELL Knight-Ridder

It was a pivotal moment in history, the beginning of the end of an era that 50 years later continues to influence our lives from the food we eat to the medicines we take to the clothes we wear and the tires we drive on.

The war effort that produced the D-Day landings the invasion of France by the United States and its allies on June 6, 1944 changed the course of World War II and the future of generations to come, in more ways than you might think. WOMEN GO TO WORK

The war forced U.S. society to abandon taboos on the employment of married women, bringing them into the workplace like never before. ...

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