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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 2024
Page
7
A wartime reflection quotes soldiers urging acceptance of death with honor. The passage emphasizes dying without complaint, pleading, or fear, asserting they have done their best for a cause they trusted as right.
Eight decades ago Charles Apple recounts Operation Overlord, noting Allied forces built the largest amphibious invasion in history. June 6 1944 sees 7000 vessels and over 100000 troops assault Normandy beaches after a feint elsewhere, as France endures four years of German occupation.
Lt Col Robert L. Wolverton led 750 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne before the drop near St Come du Mont. He was killed by German fire while entangled in a tree in an orchard. Allies breached beaches and pushed inland. Paris was liberated on August 25 as Germany’s defeat loomed.
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