Thank you for the information.

*Angie Wilderman*
Bermuda Hundred Chapter NSDAR
Chesterfield Historical Society
Friends of the Library
St. Augustine Parish
Chesterfield, VA 23838
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Family History Revisited



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On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Richard Dixon <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> In the assault on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, the landing craft in the
> first wave dropped men of Company A of the 116^th infantry Regiment of the
> 29^th Infantry Division. The 29^th was made up of units of the National
> Guard from Virginia and Maryland. The 116th, descended from the Stonewall
> Brigade that fought at First Manassas, was from Virginia, and Company A was
> from Bedford. Few before had seen combat. When the men went into the chest
> high water, with their 60 pound packs, they were helpless before the
> withering German machine gun fire. In moments, there was no Able company.
>
> Back in Bedford, it would be three weeks before the teletype machine
> started, “We have casualties…” Twenty-two of Bedfords’s sons had died, the
> highest percentage of any community in America.
>
> Today, in perfect peace, the graveyard at Saint Laurent Sur-Mere stretches
> along the bluffs overlooking the landing beaches. Its precise rows of white
> tombstones record the names of 9,387 men who will never leave France. But
> we do not forget them, or the lives they gave.
>
> --
> Richard E. Dixon 12106 Beaver Creek Road Clifton, VA 20124
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