The Bedford Boys
World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, france, normandy
World war, 1939-1945, social aspects
World war, 1939-1945, biography
World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american
Regimental histories
American Personal narratives
Campaigns
World War, 1939-1945
Social aspects
New York Times reviewed
United States
Large type books
Biography
History
On June 6, 1944, nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population 3,000--died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day when their landing craft dropped them in shallow water off Omaha Beach. They were part of the first wave of American soldiers to hit the sands of Normandy. Later that day, two more sold…
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