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Lawrence Journal World in Lawrence, Kansas

01 Jul 2004

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Lawrence Journal World

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Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

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Jul 01, 2004

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D Day decision saved unit says WWII veteran Johnson

Lawrence resident Robert Johnson, a captain on D Day, recalls landing on Omaha Beach on June 7 1944 after wrong area choice avoided disaster. He describes artillery volleys and mulberry docks, then helping land materiel with amphibious trucks. Johnson ended the war near Eisenhower in Rheims before marrying Simone.

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Nurse recalls WWII service and wartime love story

Virginia Visser recounts joining the Army nursing corps from Sioux City Iowa, treating GIs and German POWs, witnessing Buchenwald, and meeting her husband after the war. She describes hardship in England and France, the courage of soldiers, and returning to normal life as they started a family.

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