Slaughter Memoir Republished for 100th Birthday
To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of our founder, the late John Robert “Bob” Slaughter, the National D-Day Memorial announces the republication of Slaughter’s moving personal memoir, Omaha Beach and Beyond: The Long March of Sgt. Bob Slaughter. The limited number “Centennial Edition” includes a new foreword by April Cheek-Messier, President & CEO of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation, and is currently available exclusively through the National D-Day Memorial gift shop and online store. Born February 3, 1925, in Bristol, Tennessee, Slaughter moved with his family to Roanoke, Virginia in the mid-1930s. He enlisted in the Virginia National Guard...