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 27, 2020
The Bedford Boys Who Paid the Ultimate Price at D-Day-- Part 3: Parker, Powers. Rosassa, Reynolds
SSgt EARL L. PARKER Born: 22 January 1913, Died: 6 June 1944, Buried: Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Normandy, France
Pfc JACK G. POWERS Born: 18 April 1920, Died: 6 June 1944, Buried: Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Normandy, France.
Pfc WELDON ANTONIO ROSASSA Born: 11 September 1921, Died: 6 June 1944, Buried: Normandy American Cemetery and memorial, Normandy, France.
Pfc JOHN FRANKLIN "JACK" REYNOLDS Born 13 November 1922, Died 6 June 1944, Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford, Virginia.
--GreGen
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