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Odessa Veteran Recalls D-Day Nightmarish Start
Jay H Mehaffey, Odessa advertising and sports figure, recounts the June 1944 D-Day invasion. He describes the tactical failures, fierce surf, and heavy casualties at Omaha Beach as part of his two part war memoir published in this paper. He served from 1941 in the National Guard and retired as a U S Army captain.
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Jay H. Mehaffey
Odessa
Europe
Mehaffey
Smith
Betty
D-Day
Omaha Beach
Dday
National Guard
Iowa
U. S. Army
U.S. 5Th Ranger
U.S. 2Nd Ranger
England
Scotland
Kent
Dorset
Pointe du Hoc
Channel
Weymouth
2Nd Rangers
Earl Rudder
Brady
Tex
5Th Rangers
16Th Infantry
Omaha
Pas de Calais
French