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Sub-Lieutenant George "Jimmy" Green, 551 Flotilla, has died.
We have just learned that Jimmy Green has died. Sub-Lieutenant George Green carried the men of the A company, 116th Regiment, 29th Division onto Dog Green, Omaha Beach on landing craft in the very first minutes of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-05-14 09:33:04]
We have just learned that Jimmy Green has died. Sub-Lieutenant George Green carried the men of the A company, 116th Regiment, 29th Division onto Dog Green, Omaha Beach on landing craft in the very first minutes of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-05-14 09:33:04]
Virginia Beach - Cary Lee Jarvis, 94, of Virginia Beach, died April 28, 2016
He was a staff sergeant when he landed D-Day, first wave, on Omaha beach, a member of the C-Battery of the 111th Artillery Battalion, 29th Division. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-05-03 19:10:18]
He was a staff sergeant when he landed D-Day, first wave, on Omaha beach, a member of the C-Battery of the 111th Artillery Battalion, 29th Division. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-05-03 19:10:18]
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Let us remember those young soldiers who changed the course of history with their sacrifice. Let us commit ourselves to remembering their sacrifice by cherishing the freedom they bought for all generations that follow. Honored by Laurent Lefebvre [June 6, 2024]
My Dad and I visited found his marker at the Normandy Cemetery in 2001. Honored by Albert Johnson [2013-05-29 03:48:38]
My father, Pvt. Howard J. Johnson served under Captain Fitch on D-Day and saw him killed on the beach. My father thought a lot of this brave man who while trying to rally his troops to move up stepped on a mine. He later took a direct hit from mortar. They were together many months in England. Honored by Albert Johnson [2013-05-29 03:46:09]
To read 1st Infantry Division documents (after action report, diary, journal,...)
At about H-3 hours, the six howitzer sections loaded on DUKWs aboard LST 376 were driven into ocean approximately twelve miles out from the beach. As the DUKWs were driven down the ramps of the LSTs...(After Action Report, 1st Division, 16th Regiment, Cannon Co.)
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To post a new messageMy Dad and I visited found his marker at the Normandy Cemetery in 2001. Honored by Albert Johnson [2013-05-29 03:48:38]
My father, Pvt. Howard J. Johnson served under Captain Fitch on D-Day and saw him killed on the beach. My father thought a lot of this brave man who while trying to rally his troops to move up stepped on a mine. He later took a direct hit from mortar. They were together many months in England. Honored by Albert Johnson [2013-05-29 03:46:09]
To read 1st Infantry Division documents (after action report, diary, journal,...)At about H-3 hours, the six howitzer sections loaded on DUKWs aboard LST 376 were driven into ocean approximately twelve miles out from the beach. As the DUKWs were driven down the ramps of the LSTs...(After Action Report, 1st Division, 16th Regiment, Cannon Co.)