A D-Day Letter to His Mother With the Sad News-- Part 1

From the June 2019 AARP Bulletin  "Letters from D-Day."

The Center for American War Letters at Chapman University, directed by Andew Carroll, is an invaluable repository of the words of Americans at war.  If you have any such letters, please get them or facsmiles to the university.

Here is an excerpt from one that vividly recalls June 6, 1944.  The letter was from Pfc Charles McAllister, 101st Airborne, was written to the mother of his cousin, Pfc. Jim Dasher, also of the 101st.  His letter recounted what he had been told of Jim's courage that day:

"Jim's Section Leader had been killed and Jim was in charge so he took over the machine gun himself.  The enemy had them surrounded on three sides and had them pinned down with fire."

More to Come.  --GreGen