Gerald: If you will visit my Web Page entitled "The Bedford Boys", there is a list of The Bedford Boys who landed on Omaha Beach, June 6th 1944. The URL is: http://www.tommymarkham.com/BedfordPictures/BPG-11.htm Tommy Thomas A. Markham [email protected] Home Page: http://www.tommymarkham.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "GERALD PREAS" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:15 PM Subject: [VABEDFOR] The Bedford Boys By Alex Kershaw > > > > As a tribute to these brave soldiers, why doesn't > someone in Bedford post names of all at least the 19 > who died. > As a 6 year in Paris Texas, I remember WWII neighbor > men killed or wounded. There was large Camp Maxey > near that trained 300,000 men. We could hear and feel > artillery practice day and night. One can only imagine > what these men on D-Day felt. > Paris Texas was small town, all these men had to be > quartered off base. A man from NYC lived a few months > with my folks, he took me to Toy Store and all toys I > could carry he bought. He was killed 6 days after > D-Day. Never knew or remembered his name, toys and > learning he was killed is all I can recall. So thanks > to my "Yankee Hero" where ever you are!!!!! > > Thanks to all who have protected our USA. > > > gerald preas > dallas tx > >> Hi Sheila, >> >> Sorry for the confusion. The period covered is >> World War II. "The Bedford Boys" to which the book >> refers was a National Guard unit formed in Bedford, >> VA at the beginning of World War II. Eventually, >> the unit was called up, and sent overseas to England >> to train for the invasion on D-Day. They became >> part of Company A, First Battalion, and were the >> first to hit Omaha Beach on D-Day. The loss of life >> was tremendous. Of the 35 Bedford men that were >> part of the landing force, 19 were killed in the >> first 15 minutes of battle. It was the largest per >> capita loss for any town in the entire war. >> >> You can read more about it here: >> >> > http://www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert/wwii/bedford.html >> >> Jean Spradlin-Miller >> >> > >> > From: "Sheila Murnahan" <[email protected]> >> > Date: 2006/10/05 Thu PM 07:31:34 EDT >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: [VABEDFOR] The Bedford Boys By Alex >> Kershaw >> > >> > Ok this posting was made followed by several >> others including a couple showing names of people >> but what war are you talking about here?? Since one >> of the emails mentioned "landing at D-Day", I am >> assuming you are talking WWII. Is this the only war >> covered? >> > Sheila in FL >> >> To post to the list, email: [email protected] >> To contact the list admin, email: >> [email protected] >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to [email protected] with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> > > To post to the list, email: [email protected] > To contact the list admin, email: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >