NBC News
President Roosevelt's D-Day Prayer
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This NBC News recording presents President Franklin D. Roosevelt's prayer on D-Day, June 6, 1944. In a solemn national address, Roosevelt speaks of the Allied forces undertaking the invasion of Europe and asks listeners to join in prayer for those serving in the campaign.
The broadcast is a direct, historically significant address rather than a dramatic story. Roosevelt's measured delivery and the prayer's formal language give the recording the character of a public moment shared across the country during a pivotal day of the Second World War.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.