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“Ever Forward”: The 116th Virginia Infantry & D-Day

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

On June 6, 1944, Allied soldiers waded ashore under enemy fire, battling to establish five beach-heads on the Normandy coast of Nazi-occupied Europe. Omaha Beach – one of the code-named stretches of shoreline assigned to U.S. troops for capture – … Continue reading →

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