Testimonies from veterans of the Normandy landings

Veteran Name	Branch
Dr. Robert Buckley US Medical Corps Attached to the 116th US Infantry Regiment Landing on Omaha Beach	Medical Corps
Caporal Maurice Chauvet 1er Bataillon Fusilier Marin Free French Forces Landing on Sword Beach	Commando
Leonard Chandler Royal Naval Reserve HMS HEMERALD Bombardment of the German battery at Longues-sur-Mer	Navy
Gunner Crawford J. Ferguson III 92nd Group 8th Air Force B-17 « Flying Fortress » Bombardment of the German battery at Longues-sur-Mer	Air Force
Franz Gockel 352. Infanterie-Division Wn 62 – Colleville-sur-Mer Defense of Omaha Beach	Infantry
Marie Le Gand Resident of Aignerville Calvados Liberation of Aignerville (Calvados)	Civilian
Angelo Marsella U.S. Navy Task Force U Landing of soldiers from an L.S.T. on Utah Beach	Navy
George W. Parker 397th Bomb Group 596 Bomb Squadron Pilot – B-26 Bombing of German installations at Dunes-de-Varreville (Utah Beach)	Air Force
Clifford G. Porter U.S. Navy Landing of American soldiers at Omaha Beach	Navy
Sergent D. Zane Schlemmer HQ Company 508th PIR 82nd Airborne Division Parachute jump over Normandy and first hours of combat on D-Day	Paratrooper
Raymond P. Woods U.S. Navy USS O’Brien Task Force O Naval support for the landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day aboard the USS O’Brien	Navy

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