TY - BOOK AU - Kershaw,Alex TI - The Bedford boys: one American town's ultimate D-Day sacrifice SN - 0306811677 AV - D 756.5 .N6 K47 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Da Capo Press KW - United States KW - Army KW - Infantry Regiment, 116th KW - Operation Neptune KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Personal narratives, American KW - Campaigns KW - France KW - Normandy KW - Virginia KW - Bedford KW - Bedford (Va.) KW - History N1 - Group portrait on lining papers; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -