June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population just 3,000 in 1944--died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day. They were part of Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Division, and the first wave of American soldiers to hit the beaches in Normandy. Later...
No American town suffered such a great one-day loss in World War II as Bedford, Virginia, which saw 21 of its young men perish on the beaches of Normandy. This is the poignant story of these soldiers and the small town they called home. of photos.
No American town suffered such a great one-day loss in World War II as Bedford, Virginia, which saw 21 of its young men perish on the beaches of Normandy. This is the poignant story of these soldiers and the small town they called home. of photos.