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.

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

The Bedford Boys Who Paid the Ultimate Price at D-Day-- Part 5: White, Wright, Yopp


SSgt.  GORDON H. WHITE JR.   Birth:  31 December 1921   Death:  6 June 1944,    Burial:  Forest Baptist Church, Bedford, Virginia.

SSgt.  ELMERE P. WRIGHT    Birth:   Birth 1915    Death:  6 June 1944     Buried:  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, France


Sgt.   GRANT C. YOPP   Birth:  27 May 1923      Death:   6 June 1944     Buried:  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, France.

A Heavy Price to Pay for Bedford, Virginia.  --GreGen

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