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 11, 2019
D-Day +75 Years-- Part 8: Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and An Accidental Shooting
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was a World War I veteran who walked with a cane, started striding up from the beach. Meanwhile, a detachment of paratroopers attacked the de Valleville farm, where the Germans had stationed an artillery battery.
There was a firefight between the Americans and Germans. In the confusion, Louis de Valleville's older brother Michel was shot by an American soldier who mistook him for a German.
"We cannot explain in French," Louis said. Somehow, his family got Michel to a hospital and he survived.
--GreGen
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