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Message: Might've posted this picture before, but bears repetition:
Changed By: Laz
Change Date: May 25, 2015 12:28PM
Might've posted this picture before, but bears repetition:
Change Date: May 25, 2015 12:28PM
Might've posted this picture before, but bears repetition:
My dad knew the helmet less soldier kneeling (Angelo,) the dying one (Tony, machine-gunned across the abdomen) and Lou, (not in the picture) who wrapped the blanket around him. (He had to keep moving, but came back later and pulled the body away from the rising tide.) I still get together with Lou about once a year. A couple years ago he returned to France for the first time, and said he was treated as a hero. Lots of hugs and kisses.
The picture has been misidentified at least once, but [i]I know[/i] the three named soldiers were part of the 397th AAA Battalion that a few months later saw action in the Battle of the Bulge.
http://www.med-dept.com/images/plasma_article/normandy.jpg
The picture has been misidentified at least once, but [i]I know[/i] the three named soldiers were part of the 397th AAA Battalion that a few months later saw action in the Battle of the Bulge.
http://www.med-dept.com/images/plasma_article/normandy.jpg
Original Message
Author: LazDate: May 25, 2015 12:25PM
Might've posted this picture before, but bears repetition:
My dad knew the helmetless soldier kneeling (Angelo,) the dying one (Tony, machine-gunned across the abdomen) and Lou, who wrapped the blanket around him. (He had to keep moving, but came back later and pulled the body away from the rising tide.) I still get together with Lou about once a year. A couple years ago he returned to France for the first time, and said he was treated as a hero. Lots of hugs and kisses.
The picture has been misidentified at least once, but [i]I know[/i] the three named soldiers were part of the 397th AAA Battalion that a few months later saw action in the Battle of the Bulge.
http://www.med-dept.com/images/plasma_article/normandy.jpg
The picture has been misidentified at least once, but [i]I know[/i] the three named soldiers were part of the 397th AAA Battalion that a few months later saw action in the Battle of the Bulge.
http://www.med-dept.com/images/plasma_article/normandy.jpg