in memoriam

My grandfather landed in France shortly after D-Day. Any earlier and it’s unlikely I’d be here Googling his name in the National Archive Database today.

Happy Memorial Day, Grandpa Lee.

National Archives Archival Database

Newspaper from June 7, 1944

My grandfather’s August 31, 1942 enlistment record

Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944

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