Bedford Boys' Loss Still Costs Long Shadow in Virginia Town-- Part 1: They Grew Up Together and Went to War Together

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