06-04-2014, 11:14 AM
For those who might wonder why the National D-day Memorial is located in a small Virginia town of Bedford -- The community suffered the highest per capita casualty rate of any place in the country during the invasion. The community of 3200 (in 1944) lost nineteen of its 30 men on June 6, 1944, all members of the local National Guard, which became Company A, 116th Infantry Division. Four more were killed later in the invasion.
http://www.dday.org/the-memorial/why-bed...dford-boys
Also, as we remember the vets of Normandy this week, also think of those who took part in two major battles in the Pacific theater of operations during the battle Midway (June 4-7, 1942) and the Invasion of Saipan (June 15-July 9, 1944)
http://www.dday.org/the-memorial/why-bed...dford-boys
Also, as we remember the vets of Normandy this week, also think of those who took part in two major battles in the Pacific theater of operations during the battle Midway (June 4-7, 1942) and the Invasion of Saipan (June 15-July 9, 1944)