Kershaw, Alex. <br/><br/>
The Bedford boys :  one American town's ultimate D-Day sacrifice / 
Alex Kershaw. 
 - 1st Da Capo Press ed. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Da Capo Press,  2003. 
 - xii, 274, [34] p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Group portrait on lining papers. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> D-Day, H-360 --  Going to War --  Moving Out --  Cruel Seas --  England's Own --  "29, Let's Go!" --  Slapton Sands --  The Sausages --  The Empire Javelin --  The First Wave --  Dog Beach --  "Medic!" --  Every Man Was a Hero --  Bedford's Longest Day --  Bocage --  The Longest Wait --  His Deep Regret --  Coming Home --  Memorial --  The Bedford Boys and D-Day. 
<br/><br/> An account based on interviews, letters, and diaries traces the stories of twenty-one young men from Bedford, Virginia, who died on D-Day, noting how their lives and deaths continue to impact their families and their community. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0306811677 9780306811678 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-Y1633 GBA3Y1633  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>010338619  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army.  Infantry Regiment, 116th. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Operation Neptune.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Virginia--Bedford.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Bedford (Va.)--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D 756.5 .N6  / K47 2003