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Sub-Lieutenant George "Jimmy" Green, 551 Flotilla, has died.
We have just learned that Jimmy Green has died. Sub-Lieutenant George Green carried the men of the A company, 116th Regiment, 29th Division onto Dog Green, Omaha Beach on landing craft in the very first minutes of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-05-14 09:33:04]
We have just learned that Jimmy Green has died. Sub-Lieutenant George Green carried the men of the A company, 116th Regiment, 29th Division onto Dog Green, Omaha Beach on landing craft in the very first minutes of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-05-14 09:33:04]
Virginia Beach - Cary Lee Jarvis, 94, of Virginia Beach, died April 28, 2016
He was a staff sergeant when he landed D-Day, first wave, on Omaha beach, a member of the C-Battery of the 111th Artillery Battalion, 29th Division. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-05-03 19:10:18]
He was a staff sergeant when he landed D-Day, first wave, on Omaha beach, a member of the C-Battery of the 111th Artillery Battalion, 29th Division. Read more...
[Posted: 2016-05-03 19:10:18]
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WOLTERS HENRY H 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION |
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 Unit: 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION Rank: FIRST LIEUTENANT Hometown: UNION COUNTY (OH) Status: KILLED IN ACTION Date of Died: JUNE 6, 1944 Plot-Row-Grave: G-27-20 [See map] |
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| I am Pamela Murray, the daughter of 1st Lt. Roy William Murray. With the help of many people, French and American, I have just today received a great posthumous medal for my father. It is the Medal of the French Senate, and I am humbled and honored for him and his brave heart. It took 70 years, but Honored by Pamela Murray [2015-11-16 18:33:53] |
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| Roy William Murray (Bill) was a 1st Lt. with the 508th PIR who parachuted into Normandy in the early hours on D-Day. He was shot on June 8 by a German sniper as he was carrying plasma to wounded men. . Honored by Carolyn Platt [2015-11-03 13:15:42] |
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| Correction of the above information thanks to Pamela Murray, Bill's daughter. Roy William Murray (Bill) was a 1st Lt. with the 508th PIR who parachuted into Normandy in the early hours on D-Day. He was not killed then, as it says on his grave stone, but turned up two days later meeting a group of m Honored by Carolyn Platt [2015-11-03 13:11:29] |
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| Our mother's cousin Bill Murray was killed by friendly fire when his unit was being fired upon by an American unit nearby. Bill, as the leader, crawled over to tell them to stop shooting, but they killed him.
We, his family, are proud of his bravery, his sacrifice and his service to our country an Honored by Carolyn Platt [2014-06-06 13:12:38] |
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