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Not found in the June 6, 2011, Roanoke Times paper.
However, there was a very large and flowery spread on the German WW2 POW’s Interned in the local area in the June 5th paper.
These RT Editorial Girls have very strange priorities!
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D-Day is the focal point for honoring those who secured the beach-heads and opened the pathway into Europe for the Allied victory over the 3rd Reich.
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It was the largest amphibious landing ever conducted.
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Bedford Virginia is host to the D-Day Memorial because it suffered 23 soldiers KIA on June 6th, the highest percentage of lost soldiers of any community in the US.
The National Guard unit from Bedford was:
Company A, 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Division
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10th Anniversary of the D-Day Memorial in Bedford Virginia
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 11:00
http://www.dday.org/
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Short D-day Video Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPU4p7UQOtU
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Movie: Longest Day
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056197/
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Movie: Saving Private Ryan
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/
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Book and Play: Bedford Goes To War
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Book: The Bedford Boys
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