Merriam Press Military Memoir ME1. First Edition (2014). The
history of D-Day on Omaha Red is not complete without this book.
Capt. William C. Smith Jr. was the first man on Omaha Red two hours
before the invasion. For his service, he received a Bronze Star
with V for valor. He has also been inducted into the Ohio Military
Hall of Fame for Valor.
His story explains how the invasion was different from those of
North Africa and Sicily. It also describes in detail how he and the
other nine men trained for this most difficult and dangerous
job-calling fire from the Navy ships against the German defenses on
that fateful day that changed history forever.
But this work also brings the relationships between soldiers to
life with humor and a depth of emotion seldom described in other
works. It is so powerful because it is told in first person by the
man that lived through the four and a half years of World War II.
It was written from more than 100 hours of interviews by the
authors.
The work begins from the 1st Division's invasion of North Africa
and continues through the breach of the German border. It includes
the struggles of the wives and families that were left behind
waiting for their loved ones to return from Europe.
Unlike so many histories, this work also details the unique bond
between soldiers that forms from mutual dependence. Captain Smith's
relationship with his driver and close friend Sampson gives the
work the humanity missing from other memoirs.
This was a story that had to be told, and now it has so that we
may better understand the sacrifices these men made in the name of
liberty.
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