The Bedford boys : one American town's ultimate D-Day sacrifice / Alex Kershaw.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2003.Edition: 1st Da Capo Press edDescription: xii, 274, [34] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0306811677
  • 9780306811678
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Bedford boys.LOC classification:
  • D 756.5 .N6 K47 2003
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection D 756.5 .N6 K47 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98644676

Group portrait on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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