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Unlike many of the units that hit the shores of Normandy on D-Day, Company A of the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, was a National Guard outfit of men from the same hometown. Thirty-seven had grown up together in Bedford, Va., graduated high school together, worked together — and 19 of them died together. One woman in Bedford was hired by the state to write monthly reports about Bedford, describing the feelings of the townspeople, their working conditions and church attendance during World War II. The letters, signed “Mrs. George P. Parker,” are now kept at the Bedford Museum. “Reports continue to come in of Bedford boys killed in combat or died of wounds,” Parker wrote Aug. 15, 1944. “People are brave, but tensely anxious. Bedford has been hard hit.” The per capita losses for Bedford on D-Day were among the highest in the country. In addition to the National D-Day Memorial established in Bedford in 2001, the significance of that history is apparent in the small community in other ways. Half of the flags lining the downtown thoroughfare read, “Bedford Remembers,” and the other half show photos of the 19 soldiers — referred to reverently as the “Bedford Boys.” Many of the older buildings in town are adorned with plaques denoting their connection to the Bedford Boys, including the old Green’s Drug Store, the former Bedford High School — now vacant — and two factories where several men had worked. Liberty Station is now a popular local restaurant, but it used to be a working train station where Company A departed for the war. Cont in comments...

On this day 75 years ago, my grandpa was one of only two people in his landing craft to survive the first wave of D-Day on Omaha Beach. #dday #dday75thanniversary #omahabeach #29thdivision #29thinfantrydivision #116thinfantryregiment #bedfordboys

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Nine years ago today #116thinfantryregiment Headed to Iraq @vanationalguard @ddaymemorial

Thank you to the 116th of the 29th ID for all you gave 75 years ago today. “29, let’s go!” Ever Forward. . . #29th #116thinfantryregiment #116th #everforward

In these times we hear more about exclusion & walls, times we see refugees fleeing wars and dying in the sea , it is a time we have to remember of the heroic #Ranger #commandoes of the #116thINF who on #6June1944 attacked and took possession of the #pointeduhoc. #heroes #rangers #116thinfantry #116thinfantryregiment #6june #6june44 #Neptune #Overlord

On D-Day, the untested 29th Infantry Division, along with 9 companies of U.S. Army Rangers and the battle-hardened 1st Infantry Division had a mission: take #OmahaBeach. So many of them died. Survivors called it "Bloody Omaha". #NeverForget. #Heroes #DDay #WWII #Rangers #Ranger #29thinfantrydivision #29thinfantry #29thinf #116thinfantry #116thinfantryregiment

#Corporal ROBERT ARNTON HEARD was born on #December29, 1921, in #Wedowee, #Alabama. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stell #Heard, and husband of Mary Jo Smallwood, he also had a child named Jo Ann. He was employed by #LanettManufacturingCompany before entering the service. He entered the service on November 29, 1942 at the age of #20. He trained at #FortJackson, #SouthCarolina; #FortBragg, #NorthCarolina; #CampForrest, #Tennessee; #FortMeade, #Maryland. He embarkation for Europe on June 12, 1944. He served in the #116thInfantryRegiment #29thInfantryDivision. He was Killed in Action at Brest, France, on #September6, 1944, at the age of #22. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the European Theatre Ribbon with one Battle Star. #WedoweeAlabama #116thInfantry #29thInfantry #116thRegiment #29thDivision #Brest, #France #BrestFrance #WorldWarTwoVeterans #Purpleheartmedal #ultimatesacrifice

All gave some, some gave all! Paying respect to our adoption graves #16thinfantryregiment #116thinfantryregiment #75thnormandy #abmc