D-Day: Beyond the Beach

Not everyone involved in the Normandy Invasion was slogging ashore on June 6. There were the airborne troops parachuting in, some even before the assault by sea began. And there were the officers who stayed aboard the giant ships and small landing craft to monitor progress of the invasion and offer whatever support was needed. The danger was great for all involved that day, but the stakes were too high to give in to fear.

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    Hubert Menno Amstutz Collection Lieutenant Colonel, Army, World War, 1939-1945.
    • Contributor: Va Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio - Amstutz, Hubert Menno - Ruby, Stacia
    • Date: 1942
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    Carl D. Beck Collection Master Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; France; Holland; Belgium; Germany. Master Sergeant, Army, Korean War, 1950-1953 - United States; Europe; Saudi Arabia; Iran.
    • Contributor: Vicki Horner - Beck, Carl D. - National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) - Hansen, Gregory - Fromm, Annette
    • Date: 1942
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    Warren H. Berg Collection Captain, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort Snelling, Minnesota; St. Paul, Minnesota; Santa Ana, California; Sacramento, California; Scottsdale, Arizona; Las Vegas, Nevada; Rapid City, South Dakota; Kearney, Nebraska; England.
    • Contributor: Berg, Warren H. - Americans Remembered, Inc - Albert Haglund - National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) - Swanson, Gary - Babcock, Robert
    • Date: 1942
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    Charles Luther Blount Collection Technical Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - European Theater; Normandy, France.
    • Contributor: Wrcb-Tv Channel 3 - Blount, Charles Luther - Bowen, Sarah - Willie, Michael
    • Date: 1943
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    Herbert Raymond DeGenere Collection Radioman Second Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Newport, Rhode Island; New York; Pennsylvania; Norfolk, Virginia; Pacific; European Theater; England.
    • Contributor: Degenere, Herbert Raymond - Curley, Thomas
    • Date: 1942
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    Ellsworth DeWitt Hill Collection World War, 1914-1918 - Love Field, Dallas, Texas. Major, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - England; Normandy, France.
    • Contributor: Holguin, Nancy - Hill, Ellsworth Dewitt
    • Date: 1942
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    Robert Harlan Horr Collection Flight Officer, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Stuttgart Army Air Field, Arkansas; Crookston, North Dakota; Okmulgee, Oklahoma; European Theater; South Plains Army Air Field, Lubbock, Texas; Bowman Field, Louisville, Maxton...
    • Contributor: Horr, Robert Harlan - Evans, Mary - Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
    • Date: 1942
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    Robert A. Huttemeyer Collection Lieutenant Junior Grade, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Mediterranean Sea; England; Normandy, France; Central Pacific; Philippines.
    • Contributor: Huttemeyer, Robert A. - Huttemeyer, Robert
    • Date: 1943
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    Arthur H. Klobe Collection Lieutenant Colonel, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Bristol, England; Normandy, France.

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    Lawrence W. Kubale, Sr. Collection Flight Officer, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Oxford and Nottingham, England; Normandy, France; Holland; Austria; Hungary; Germany; Italy; European Theater.
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    Arch Joseph Lewis, Jr. Collection Second Lieutenant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - European Theater; Normandy, France. Army, Korean War, 1950-1953.
    • Contributor: McClain, Patricia - U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar - Gertrude Stephenson - Lugar, Richard - National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) - Lewis Jr., Arch Joseph - Sandra K. Helget
    • Date: 1942
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    Earl Ervin McClung Collection Staff Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort Bragg, North Carolina; England; Normandy, France; Bastogne, Belgium; Austria; Central Europe.
    • Contributor: McClung, Earl Ervin - Vest, Rosemarie - Marrott, Sheralan - Veterans Outreach for Community Advocacy (Voca)
    • Date: 1943
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    Frank E. McKee Collection Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Florida; Fort Benning, Georgia; Tennessee; South Carolina; Camp Shanks, New York; Northern Ireland; Great Britain; Normandy, France; Belgium; Germany; European Theater.
    • Contributor: Susan S. Klinger - National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) - Eastern Paralyzed Veteran Association (Epva) - Frederickson, Donna - McKee, Frank E.
    • Date: 1942
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    Robert H. Powell Collection Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Normandy, France; European Theater. Captain, Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953.
    • Contributor: Babcock, Robert - Powell, Robert H. - Wheeler, Justin - Blue Star Mothers / Amber Waves of Grain
    • Date: 1942
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    Philip A. Russell Collection Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Normandy, France; European Theater.
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    James William Simpson Collection Seaman Second Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Sicily, Italy; Normandy, France; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); North Africa; Iwo Jima.

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    Tracy A. Sugarman Collection Lieutenant Junior Grade, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - European Theater.
    • Contributor: Sugarman, Tracy A. - Bartis, Peter - Sugarman, Tracy
    • Date: 1942
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    Norman Philip Swaney Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Wolters, Texas; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; England; Normandy, France; European Theater.
    • Contributor: Legacies: Stories from the Second World War - Swaney, Norman Philip - National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) - Swope, Thomas - Lisa A. Steinmeyer
    • Date: 1942
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    Stanley Weinberg Collection First Lieutenant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Holland; Normandy, France.