D-day Survivor,9781589804210

D-day Survivor

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ISBN13: 9781589804210
ISBN10: 158980421X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-12-01
Publisher(s): Pelican Pub Co Inc
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Summary

It was the bravery and heroism of the 116th Infantry that began one of the longest days of combat in American war history. In the face of heavy fire and despite suffering the loss of eight hundred men and officers, the 116th Infantry overcame beach obstacles, took the enemy-defended positions along the beach and cliffs, pushed through the mined area, and continued inshore to successfully accomplish their objective.Dr. Harold Baumgarten, a multidecorated survivor, gives his eyewitness account of the first wave landing of the 116th Infantry on D-Day, June 6, 1944. As the spokesman for soldiers who perished on the sand and bloody red waters of the Dog Green Sector of Omaha Beach, it is his mission to make sure these men are never forgotten.

Table of Contents

Preface 11(4)
Growing Up The Early Years
15(12)
The U.S. Army Basic Training
27(8)
The Stonewall Brigade The Real Training
35(10)
Omaha Beach Defenses The Killing Field
45(6)
The Javelin Our Mother Ship
51(6)
The Trip to the Beach Along with Strangers
57(8)
The Landing When Will I Die?
65(6)
Getting off the Beach I Wanted Revenge
71(4)
The Beach Why Not Quit Fighting?
75(6)
Vierville-sur-Mer Twenty-nine, Let's Go
81(6)
The Rescue and the Aftermath Will I Be Made Whole Again?
87(18)
Chance Meetings It Was Meant to Be
105(6)
Back to School I Had to Get on with My Life
111(12)
Reunions They Were Still Alive
123(16)
Guilt Why Me?
139(4)
The Fiftieth and Fifty-fifth Anniversaries of D-Day Years Go By
143(16)
The National World War II Museum They Will Not Be Forgotten
159(12)
National D-Day Memorial Remembering the Bedford Boys
171(6)
USO Trip to Bosnia Morale Building
177(8)
Opening of the Pacific Wing National World War II Museum
185(6)
Death of Dr. Stephen E. Ambrose A Tragedy for the World
191(4)
Speaking Engagements 2002-2003 D-Day Must Not Be Forgotten
195(18)
The Sixtieth Anniversary of D-Day A Media Blitz
213(18)
Family My Legacy
231(6)
Companies A and B, Twenty-ninth Infantry, 116th Regiment Moving Ever Forward
237(6)
Afterword 243(2)
Acknowledgments 245(2)
Bibliography 247(2)
Index 249

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