D-Day

[WalJohn]

One of the most iconic photos from D-Day. From a Google search - Into the Jaws of Death is a photograph taken on June 6, 1944, by Robert F. Sargent, a chief photographers mate in the United States Coast Guard.


https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=14b74fddc727

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My father was with Co. F, 116th infantry on the Normandy beach head. I am sure he saw something very similar. He, like so many others, was wounded before reaching the shore. Thanks for the photo WalJohn.

 

[WalJohn]

My father was with Co. F, 116th infantry on the Normandy beach head. I am sure he saw something very similar. He, like so many others, was wounded before reaching the shore. Thanks for the photo WalJohn.

Was he in the Bedford Boys Company? I live in Gretna and have been to the D-Day Memorial.

 

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Was he in the Bedford Boys Company? I live in Gretna and have been to the D-Day Memorial.

The Bedford Boys were company A. Dad and a wounded Bedford Boy shared an improvised sand shelter they dug with their helmets while awaiting the medics. They stayed lifelong friends. I tried several times to get my father to visit the D-Day memorial, but he could not relive the trauma.

 

[WalJohn]

The Bedford Boys were company A. Dad and a wounded Bedford Boy shared an improvised sand shelter they dug with their helmets while awaiting the medics. They stayed lifelong friends. I tried several times to get my father to visit the D-Day memorial, but he could not relive the trauma.

I understand. I had a cousin that would not visit the Vietnam Memorial for the same reason. When my sister asked him if he ever talked or got together with any of his buddies he said no because they were all on the wall. H was in 2nd Bn. 173rd Airborne for Operation Junction City and all the fighting around Dak To. He had 5 Purple Hearts, 4 Bronze Stars for action against a hostile force and 1 Bronze Star with V for Valor.

 

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