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.
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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