My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Saturday, June 8, 2019
D-Day +75 Years-- Part 3: Oral Histories Are Setting the Record Straight
Stephen Ambrose is a historian and an author, best known for his books "Band of Brothers" and "Citizen Soldiers. He has a knack for convincing veterans that every thing they have to say about their experience is worthy of being preserved.
'He knew that the voices of those who fought at Gettysburg are long gone, but thanks to recorded oral histories, those of the D-Day veterans will be with us long after they are gone.
Leonard Lomell was a sergeant in th 2nd Ranger battalion explained why he participated in Ambrose's D-Day oral history project at the University of New Orleans. "I've kept a low profile for fifty years as have most of my men. We weren't heroes, we were just good Rangers, as we believed the record would forever show.
But, inaccurate accounts by those who were not there, Lomell realized that time was running out to set the record straight, so he did.
--GreGen
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