D-Day 70th Anniversary Memories of 14 Common Soldiers; We Must Always Remember What They Did

TUPELO, Miss. - April 25, 2014 - PRLog -- Soon, all these brave men will pass to another time and place.  We believe that these men should never be forgotten.  Their personal memories must be preserved.

Their actions at this time in our history were clearly for a just cause. All of these soldiers knew that they were putting their lives at risk.  They were highly motivated and well trained for the great tasks given them.

Paratroopers, glider pilots, artillery men, medics, dog soldiers, and even a sailor who witnessed Rangers storming the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc were personally interviewed.

The interviewees ranged in age from 88 to 93 and to a man, each had some profound stories to tell.

Those landing on the beaches have burning memories of the great armada of ships and vessels in the avenging invasion of Normandy.

They remember the carnage of bodies on the beaches. One soldier, George Pulakos described his experiences on the beach.  “They kept me on the beach, I was a swimmer and I would recover bodies.  We were stacking them like cord wood on the beach.

For years I’ve carried horrific images in my head of all the bodies on the beach.  They were stacked 4 and 5 feet high.”

Of the 14 of these warriors that were interviewed, four have already died within just two months after the interviews.

This book is indeed about the last eyewitnesses’ memories.

Many books have been written about World War II, but most have concentrated on well known leaders and celebrated heroes.  We wanted to tell the story through the eyes and memories of the common soldier.

The interviews are split into sections so that we can integrate their memories and experiences within the chronological and historical framework of the war.

We present their memories in their own words because we want you to be able to sense their emotions, their struggles to recall and find words to describe their memories and perhaps their states of frail health.

The interviews were so very visual that we could see the bodies floating in the waters at the beaches.

We could see our soldiers falling in the hedgerows and roads of the country side.

We could see our soldiers when they were captured and marched long distances in severe weather.

We could almost hear the gunfire and smell the gunpowder.

We could see the horrors of the German concentration camps.

Hopefully you will experience these same emotions as you read this book.

The book is available from Amazon at

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