The Bedford boys: one American town's ultimate D-Day sacrifice

An account based on interviews, letters, and diaries traces the stories of twenty-one young men from Bedford, Virginia, who died on D-Day, noting how their lives and deaths continue to impact their families and their community.

  • OCLC #: 52133420
  • ISBN #:
    • 0306811677
    • 9780306811678
  • Call #: D756.5.N6K47 2003
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Staff Office-425 — D756.5.N6 K468 2003
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2003.
  • Edition:
    • 1st Da Capo Press ed.
  • Physical Description: xii, 274, [34] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • General Notes:
    • Group portrait on lining papers.
  • Contents:
    • D-Day, H-360 --
    • Going to War --
    • Moving Out --
    • Cruel Seas --
    • England's Own --
    • "29, Let's Go!" --
    • Slapton Sands --
    • The Sausages --
    • The Empire Javelin --
    • The First Wave --
    • Dog Beach --
    • "Medic!" --
    • Every Man Was a Hero --
    • Bedford's Longest Day --
    • Bocage --
    • The Longest Wait --
    • His Deep Regret --
    • Coming Home --
    • Memorial --
    • The Bedford Boys and D-Day.