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01 Jan Saying Goodbye to a Hero: Captain Bill Overstreet

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There is one aspect of my job that I love above everything else – meeting the men and women who valiantly served our country. It is a great pleasure to get to speak with veterans of WWII and D-Day, and an even greater pleasure...

19 Dec National D-Day Memorial: Thank You to Our Volunteers

Posted at 20:33h in D-Day Memorial, Uncategorized, volunteers by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

Hello everyone! Here we are again at the end of another year, and what a year it has been! At the National D-Day Memorial, we have had quite a year. Even as we reflect on all the amazing events of 2013, we are in...

03 Dec Our D-Day Fallen: George Albert Kelly

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As we come into the beginning of the holiday season, we are reminded of the sacrifices made by our service men and women every day. For soldiers of today and yesterday, holidays were a reminder of their loved ones back home and the traditions they...

12 Nov Remembering Our Founder: A Tribute to John Robert Slaughter

Posted at 18:06h in 29th Division, Bob Slaughter, Company D, D-Day, D-Day Memorial, D-Day Memorial Founder, Donation, National D-Day Memorial, Normandy Invasion, Roanoke, Uncategorized by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

John Robert Slaughter Portrait Bust CampaignThe National D-Day Memorial Foundation’s campaign to honor the legacy of the founding chairman, John Robert Slaughter.The National D-Day Memorial Foundation has launched a campaign to honor our dear friend and founder John Robert Slaughter. Bob Slaughter...

24 Sep Our D-Day Fallen: Pvt. Bedford and Sgt. Raymond Hoback

Posted at 14:25h in 116th, 29th Division, Bedford, Bedford Boys, Company A, D-Day, D-Day Fatality, D-Day Memorial, Hoback, homefront, Raymond, Uncategorized, WWII by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

Bedford and Raymond Hoback were one of 33 sets of brothers fighting together on the beaches during D-Day, June 6, 1944. Of the 33 sets of brothers, three sets were from Bedford (the Stevens twins and the Powers brothers were also from Bedford) and...

18 Sep Let us “Never Forget”

Posted at 00:02h in Adrian Cronauer, Airmen, Clair Cline, D-Day Memorial, D-Day Memorial Event, Event, MIA, POW, POW/MIA, prison camp violin, Stalag Luft I, Uncategorized by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

Join us at the National D-Day Memorial on Saturday, September 21 at 11 am for "Never Forget," a powerful and moving ceremony to honor those American who served our county and are still missing. Air Force disc jockey Adrian Cronauer, who while on the air...

14 Aug Our D-Day Fallen: PFC Charles P. Blankenship

Posted at 03:09h in 505th PIR, 82nd Airborne, AB, Army, Blankenship, D-Day, D-Day Fatality, D-Day Memorial, PIR, Uncategorized by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

As we move into the final months of 2013, we begin to turn our attention to the holiday season. On December 14-15, the National D-Day Memorial will host a special presentation entitled Flames of Memory and Christmas in Wartime. As twilight deepens and obscures...

06 Jun Our D-Day Fallen: Sergeant Frank P. Draper

Posted at 00:11h in 116th, 29th Division, baseball, Bedford, Bedford Boys, Company A, D-Day, D-Day Fatality, D-Day Memorial, Draper, Uncategorized, WWII by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

In 1944, Bedford, VA was a small, close-knit community of around 3,400. On the morning of June 6, 1944, thirty-four men from this small town led the assault on Omaha Beach as part of Company A of the 116th Infantry Regiment 29thInfantry Division. Thirty minutes...

13 Jun WWII in Miniature: Father’s Day Event

Posted at 19:39h in D-Day Memorial, Father's Day Event, Uncategorized, WWII Model Display by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

Here at the Memorial, we're always looking for ways to engage our guests in new ways and to help make history come to life. Personally, I learn and appreciate history best when I've "experienced" aspects of the era through creative presentations. So, this weekend we're...

06 Jun Our D-Day Fallen: Coxswain Amin Isbir

Posted at 08:00h in Amin Isbir, D-Day Fatality, D-Day Memorial, Uncategorized, WWII by Angela Lynch 9 Comments

For over eight years, Eric Montgomery has been on a mission to close the final chapter of his great uncle Amin Isbir’s D-Day story. Coxswain Amin Isbir, a member of the 6th Naval Beach Battalion, was reported killed in action on June 8, 1944. Montgomery...