"Let us hope and pray that there will always be young people like the Bedford Boys who love their country and who are willing to risk their lives to preserve our freedoms." Jeff Minick, author
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| Company A, 116th Infantry, 29th Division: 95 % casualties in the first wave at Omaha Beach; June 6th, 1944 Think of these men while you watch the opening of "Saving Private Ryan". TD |
"Thursday, June 6th, 2019, brings the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the massive assault on occupied France by Allied Forces in World War II. It was the greatest seaborne invasion in military history.
"President Trump has gone to Britain to share in the remembrance of D-Day. Speakers in Great Britain, the United States, and France will remind us, and rightfully so, of that historical event and of the past sacrifices that have enabled us to live in freedom. Some of us may break out “The Longest Day” or “Saving Private Ryan” as a way to recollect the dead of that battle and to honor those who, having gained a foothold on French soil, marched across that country and linked up with the Soviets to bring down tyranny and Adolph Hitler.
"As we call to mind those boys and men who parachuted behind enemy lines into Normandy, who rode on landing craft into the machine gun and artillery fire at beaches code-named Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword, who climbed the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc, who drowned in the English Channel or were shot dead in the surf, some in our country will also remember the Bedford Boys." . . .Full article here
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