Stories from Normandy

Personal accounts from the beaches that changed the world
For those who walked these shores, and those who remember

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Utah Beach

The Farmer Who Pointed the Way When Maps Failed

The first wave of the 4th Infantry Division at Utah Beach landed 2,000 yards south of their intended zone due to strong currents and obscured landmarks. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt III person...

June 6, 1944 Louis Folcher, his daughter (unnamed), Brigadier G...
Utah Beach

The Farmer Who Pointed the Way When Maps Failed

The first wave of the 4th Infantry Division at Utah Beach landed 2,000 yards south of their intended zone due to strong currents and obscured landmarks. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt III person...

June 6, 1944 Louis Folcher, his daughter (unnamed), Brigadier G...
Utah Beach

The General Who Prayed in the Waves

Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt III, son of President Teddy Roosevelt, was the only general who landed with the first wave on D-Day. He was 56 years old, using a cane due to arthritis and heart c...

June 6, 1944 Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt III...