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Jun 6, 2024
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SoValleyCOUG
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My grandfather was there and was wounded from an artillery shell.
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Did anyone here have a relative that participated on DDay?
arizonacougarfan
Jun 6, 11:56am
Nope, my grandfather was part of the Okinawa invasion
nova_coug_fan
Jun 6, 11:59am
Mine grandfather as well was part of Okinawa
jordbyu
Jun 6, 12:12pm
My wife's great uncle went into France that night on a glider
Carnac
Jun 6, 11:59am
I had great uncles there. Two at Normandy. My Dad's side
PhilPete
Jun 6, 12:00pm
Not that I’m aware, but my grandpa who was part of the 1942 BYU football team
BigD Coug
Jun 6, 12:04pm
Wife had 3 uncles there. All wounded. All survived. One highly decorated. My
TunaOne
Jun 6, 12:05pm
My grandfather was there and was wounded from an artillery shell.
SoValleyCOUG
Jun 6, 12:28pm
My grandfather was on a bomber crew in the pacific
hadmonster
Jun 6, 12:28pm
My uncle. He made it, but died two weeks later.
Oceanographer
Jun 6, 12:36pm
Sort of. My Grandfather landed on June 9th on a beach between Omaha and Utah still encountering stiff German resistance.
BlooGeek
Jun 6, 12:43pm
Had a guy in our ward who was one of the original Frog men who went in ahead
BP4byu
Jun 6, 12:48pm
Here is a link to a story on KSL about him before he died.
BP4byu
Jun 6, 1:01pm
My wife’s great grandfather was at Utah beach. He was later wounded by a German sniper. A soldier/friend in his unit
Housemartin
Jun 6, 12:49pm
my grandpa was already there moving up through France from the south.
qwerew
Jun 6, 1:05pm
Nope. Grandpa was in Guadalcanal.
Natedog916
Jun 6, 2:57pm
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