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