Omaha Beach and Beyond The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter

by Slaughter, John; Kershaw, Alex

• ISBN13: 9780760337349
• ISBN10: 0760337349
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-08
• Publisher: Zenith Press

Summary

"Slaughter vividly conveys the reality of combat during World War II in his book with sweeping passages that literally place his reader on the battlefield beside him." Belvoir Eagle Before D-Day, regular army soldiers called the National Guardsmen of Virginia's 116th Infantry Regiment "Home Nannies" and "Weekend Warriors" and worse. On June 6, 1944, on Omaha Beach, however, these proud Virginians who carried the legacy of the famed Stonewall Brigade showed the regular army and the world what true valor really was. In this moving World War II memoir, the author captures the life of GI Joe from pre-Pearl Harbor days through training, deployment overseas, and more training. All leads up to D-Day and Normandy on June 6, 1944, when Sergeant Bob Slaughter came across Omaha Beach with Company D of the 116th Infantry and the Bedford Boys.

Author Biography

John Robert Slaughter enlisted in the Virginia National Guard well before Pearl Harbor in early 1941 at the age of sixteen. A veteran jopurnalist, he retired from the Roanoke Times in 1987. Active in veteran affairs for many years, Slaughter then began to work for the creation of a memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of the American soldiers at Normandy. On June 6, 2001, the National D-Day Memorial was dedicated. Bob Slaughter lives in Roanoke, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 11
How It All Began	p. 17
Stateside Training	p. 27
Going Abroad	p. 45
The 29th Rangers	p. 59
Assault Training	p. 77
The D-Day Plan	p. 95
Rough Ride to Hell: Omaha Beach, Dog Green	p. 103
Omaha to Saint-Lô	p. 119
Saint-Lô and Beyond	p. 139
Shrapnel Wound at Hill 203	p. 147
Recovery and Return	p. 155
A Long Winter into Spring	p. 167
My War Ends	p. 181
Epilogue	p. 191
Eyewitness Accounts of Omaha Beach, 29th Infantry Division	p. 213
Tricky Tides at Omaha Beach	p. 273
Fatalities, 1944-1945: D Company, 116th Infantry Regiment	p. 277
Additional Documents	p. 279
Acknowledgments	p. 286
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