Looking at that picture, and countless others, I am reminded that my grandfather only survived D-Day because his LCT struck a mine and had to go back to sea and fix their doors. He went from being +15 to +90. Here is a list of my grandfathers infantry unit and a list of soldiers KIA during WWII

To put an exclamation point on what I have said; the 29th division suffered 928 casualties from June 6-8th, of them the 116th infantry accounted for 797 of them. source

29 Lets Go!

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