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.

Friday, June 26, 2020

The Bedford Boys Who Paid the Ultimate Price at D-Day-- Part 2: Gillaspie, Hoback, Hoback, Lee


Pfc  NICK NAPOLEON GILLASPIE--Born 28 March 1918,  Died:  6 June 1944,  Buried:  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Pvt BEDFORD TURNER HOBACK--  Born: 15 September 1913, Died  6 June 1944,  Buried:  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.

SSgt. RAYMOND S. HOBACK--  Bron:  21 January 1920,  Died 6 June 1944,  Buried:  Body never recovered.  He is listed at the Garden of the Missing at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.

Pvt CLIFTON G. LEE--  Born:  13 August 1917,  Died 6 June 1944,  Buried:  Normandy American Cemetery and memorial.

--GreGen

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