Born: October 3, 1914
First Lieutenant, United States Army Service# 0-1305704 E CO, 5TH RANGER BATTALION,
RANGER ASSAULT GROUP (PROVISIONAL) Date of Enlistment: October 8, 1940
Home or Place of Enlistment: Boise, Idaho Died: June 6, 1944 Place: Vierville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France Killed in Action while conducting combat operations against
Nazi Germany on D-Day during Operation Overlord. |
This superb shock unit was always in the thick of the fight. It notably distinguished itself on 6 June 1944, at the time of the Normandy landings. Thrown into a heavily mined beach under terrific fire, with the mission of neutralizing several enemy elements, they attained the objectives to which they had been assigned and were successful in holding the positions, thus making possible the landing of other important forces.
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