From June 6, 1944, CBS News by Jan Craeford.
"They grew up together, and as America went to war, so did they. Thirty-five men from the small southern town of Bedford, Virginia, were in the same company, including two of Lucille Boggess' brothers."
On June 6, 1944, they and 150,000 other young men stormed ashore on D-Day. That day, 4,800 Allied soldiers died and 19 of them were from Bedford, Virginia.
"We were getting ready to go to church on Sunday, and the sheriff brought the first telegram. The second telegram was delivered by a cab driver.
She was 14 when her brothers Bedford and Raymond Hoback were killed on DoDay. Her parents never got over it.
--GreGen
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.
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