The Bedford Boys - One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
Author - Alex Kershaw
Published by - Da Capo Press
Year published - 2003
Genre - World War 2 - Europe
Book format - Soft cover
Summary
June 6th, 1944: Nineteen boys from rural Bedford, Virginia, died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day. They were part of Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division, and among the first wave of American soldiers to hit the beaches of Normandy. later in the campaign, three more boys from this small Virginia community died of gunshot wounds. Twenty-two sons of Bedford lost their lives and this is a story one can’t easily forget and one that the Bedford families will never forget. Here is the true and intimate story of these men, and the friends and families they left behind. This is also the story of one small American town that went to war and died on Omaha Beach.
Author - Alex Kershaw
Published by - Da Capo Press
Year published - 2003
Genre - World War 2 - Europe
Book format - Soft cover
Summary
June 6th, 1944: Nineteen boys from rural Bedford, Virginia, died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day. They were part of Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division, and among the first wave of American soldiers to hit the beaches of Normandy. later in the campaign, three more boys from this small Virginia community died of gunshot wounds. Twenty-two sons of Bedford lost their lives and this is a story one can’t easily forget and one that the Bedford families will never forget. Here is the true and intimate story of these men, and the friends and families they left behind. This is also the story of one small American town that went to war and died on Omaha Beach.
Author - Alex Kershaw
Published by - Da Capo Press
Year published - 2003
Genre - World War 2 - Europe
Book format - Soft cover
Summary
June 6th, 1944: Nineteen boys from rural Bedford, Virginia, died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day. They were part of Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division, and among the first wave of American soldiers to hit the beaches of Normandy. later in the campaign, three more boys from this small Virginia community died of gunshot wounds. Twenty-two sons of Bedford lost their lives and this is a story one can’t easily forget and one that the Bedford families will never forget. Here is the true and intimate story of these men, and the friends and families they left behind. This is also the story of one small American town that went to war and died on Omaha Beach.
