Bedford Boys: One American Towns Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice

The Bedford Boys: One American Towns Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice by Alex Kershaw. Published by Da Capo Press/Perseus Books Group, Cambridge, MA, 2004. 1st Paperback Edition1st Printing. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good DJ. Gift dedication in ink inside front cover. 328 Pgs. ISBN 0306813556. June 6 1944 nineteen boys from rural Bedford, Virginia, died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day. They were part of Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Division, and among the first wave of American soldiers to hit the beaches at Normandy. Later in the campaign, three more boys from this small community died of gunshot wounds. Here is the true and intimate store of these men, and the friends and families they left behind, the story of one small American town that went to war and died on Omaha Beach. Illustrated with black and white photos. Description text copyright 2015 BooksForComfort. Item ID 30120.