Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Dec. 23, 1943

Lowell pulls a double shift; New Orleans airman's close calls in war related

Lowell, who must have been exhausted when he made his brief diary notation, simply wrote, “Worked 17 hrs.” Whew! What was going on? A war?

The pages of the Times-Picayune were packed with advertisements for those still scurrying around shopping on the Wednesday before Christmas. The news stories, though, grimly reminded readers that the war was still on, and likely to get worse before it got better. The top brass of the U.S. and the U.K. were already planning the D-Day invasion that would happen in six months.

Paid subscribers can read on. Please consider subscribing for $5 a month now, so you will learn all about Thelma and Lowell at the end of the year, and be ready for Professor Hamilton’s Diary in January.