On this #MemorialDay I love to share this video.
French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub them into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub them into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
Of the 9,387 Americans buried, only four women are buried there.
Sgt. Dolores Browne and PFC Mary J. Barlow and Mary H. Blankston, were members of the first all-female and the first all-African-American battalion to serve overseas.
Sgt. Dolores Browne and PFC Mary J. Barlow and Mary H. Blankston, were members of the first all-female and the first all-African-American battalion to serve overseas.
Their battalion was nicknamed the six-triple eight.
This battalion of 850 women was the only all-black Women’s Army Corp unit to be deployed to Europe in WW2.
The "Six Triple Eight" was responsible for sorting mail to soldiers.
This battalion of 850 women was the only all-black Women’s Army Corp unit to be deployed to Europe in WW2.
The "Six Triple Eight" was responsible for sorting mail to soldiers.
Elizabeth A. Richardson worked for the Red Cross and loved wearing lipstick on the job.
She said, we're treated like Miss America in a Wolf corale. "I certainly have improved my stock of evasive tactics. And you should see me jitterbug, with proper, RC decorum, of course."
She said, we're treated like Miss America in a Wolf corale. "I certainly have improved my stock of evasive tactics. And you should see me jitterbug, with proper, RC decorum, of course."
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