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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1994
Page
5
The piece gathers recollections from Ottawa residents and servicemen who lived through D-Day. It includes quotes about Churchill, accounts from a bomber crew member, and notes from a Red Cross worker, an LST crewman at Utah Beach, and various participants recalling June 6, 1944 and the ensuing campaign.
Fort Riley Kansas AP Brig Gen Randolph House urged remembering World War II lessons as the 1st Infantry Division received honors for its D Day role during a ceremony at Parade Infantry Field. He warned of hollow forces from prior to the war and called for readiness despite cuts. In Caen France AP five D Day veterans nursed minor injuries after parachuting in.
Ernest P Hall and Annie recount meeting at a Royal Marine dance in England during World War II. Anxious to be together, they wed April 10 1944 after brief engagement. Annie joined Red Cross and Royal Observer Corps then crossed to the United States with their daughter Janet born during the war. They eventually settled in Ottawa after residence in Wellsville.
Aging Normandy veterans returned to the mist covered coast to relive the 1944 invasion as presidents and monarchs joined at invasion sites along a 60 mile stretch. Clinton and Mitterrand honored dead at Utah and Pointe du Hoc while Queen Elizabeth II and Dai Davies from Wales spoke of emotional memories at the battlesite cemeteries and memorials.
Kansas Medal of Honor winner Walter Ehlers, a Big Red One squad leader, revisits Normandy with a presidential entourage led by Bill Clinton aboard the USS George Washington. He survived Omaha Beach, earned the Medal of Honor, and recalls June 9 and 10 hedgerow battles, wounds, and key heroics.
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