THE BEDFORD BOYS BY ALEX KERSHAW 2003, 1ST HB/DJ WWII

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THE BEDFORD BOYS BY ALEX KERSHAW 2003, 1ST HB/DJ WWII
THE BEDFORD BOYS BY ALEX KERSHAW...FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, PUBLISHED 2003 BY DA CAPO PRESS...HARD COVER, DJ, 6 1/4 X 9 1/4, 274 PAGES, INDEXED...BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES.. BOOK IN NEAR NEW CONDITION.
ON JUNE 6, 1944, LANDING CRAFT DROPPED THE BOYS FROM BEDFORD WHO LANDED ON THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY'S OMAHA BEACH, PART OF THE FIRST WAVE OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO HIT THE BEACHES ON D-DAY...WITHIN MINUTES NINETEEN WERE DEAD...NO OTHER TOWN IN AMERICA SUFFERED A GREATER ONE-DAY LOSS...LATER IN THE CAMPAIGN, THREE MORE SONS OF BEDFORD DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS..... THE SMALL TOWN THEY CALLED HOME...BEDFORD, VIRGINIA, POPULATION 3,000...THIS BOOK FOCUSES ON SOME REMARKABLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES...THE STORY OF ONE SMALL AMERICAN TOWN THAT WENT TO WAR AND DIED ON OMAHA BEACH..
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