The Bedford Boys
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One Virginia town of 3,000 lost nineteen of its sons in the first minutes of Omaha Beach.
Why Read This Book
D-Day's cost measured in one community — the highest per-capita loss of any American town. The reason the National D-Day Memorial stands in Bedford.
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ISBN: 978-0306813559
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