I had the incredible privilege today to hear
from 4 Veterans who were involved with D-Day operations over 70 years ago.
In the group photo right to left.
Dick O’brien went in on
D-30. He was in Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland and the Ardennes. He was awarded the Bronze Star and
Purple Heart.
Bob Meyer piloted his Glider in on D-Day,
landed safely and didn’t lose any of his 15 crew. His Glider had 75 bullet holes in it. He is one of only 12 Glider pilots who
accomplished all 5 Glider operations in Europe.
Howie Beach went in on D3 as a replacement;
his photo with me shows his Silver Star, 3rd highest medal for
Valor. He earned it in Germany with 5
other Americans who stood their ground against 50 charging SS troops. The 6 Americans won!
Jack Hammett a Navy Corpsman assisted the injured
coming back from D-Day starting June 9, ‘44.
Jack was also at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed Dec. 7, ’41.
At this meeting the Priest who usually prays
an invocation was gone. One of the members
asked me to do the invocation so I was honored to pray a blessing over these incredible
patriots of our country. What a day!
Jeff Juhala 6-11-2014
1 comment:
Wow Jeff, what an honor! That is wonderful. Where was this? Bless you and the family! Laura
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