That was a nice break when he got to board the Navy ship. But, that thing called D-Day was fast approaching.
"The morning of the invasion we watched the pre-invasion bombardment from the deck of the ship, and wished luck to the First Division as it went over the sides. I must admit things looked good from the ship. We landed on the same day, (D-Day), and lost quite a few men.
"Jerry had his 88's mortars and machine guns zeroed all along the beach and they worried us quite a bit. We were never bothered by or even saw a Jerry plane by daylight.
("Jerry" was a nickname for German soldiers and was less than complimentary.)
"Our (the corpsmen's) work was heaviest D-Day and D-1 as many expected, and there was Hell everywhere! About day 3 we were evacuating casualties smoothly and began to set up a 'home.'"
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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