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    Let's Go 29
    Let's Go 29
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    Let's Go 29

    By Henry Lambert

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    During World War II, thousands of young American men and women joined the fight to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation. From June 6, 1944 to May 7, 1945, an orchestrated effort among the Allies was made toward this end that included five major beach landings on the French coast off the English Channel. The responsibility of launching the mass invasion on the first two beaches code-named Utah, and Omaha, fell primarily to the American forces. British led forces were selected to assault the remaining three beaches code-named Gold, Juno, and The Sword.

    In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944 at 6:30 a.m., the wars determining battle was launched. Fifteen hundred warships, 4,000 amphibious crafts, 20,000 vehicles, and 13,000 aircraft carrying 145,000 soldiers were deployed.

    The Omaha and Utah beachhead invasions put the troops at a disadvantage, pitting them against the fortified German forces that occupied the land, but the elements of surprise, courage, and sheer determination led to the success of the operation. The German Wehrmacht was pushed back to face a two-pronged attack that ended the battle for the beach, and led to the beginning of the end of the war.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJun 9, 2005
    ISBN9781463494469
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      Let's Go 29 - Henry Lambert

      © 2005 Henry Lambert. All Rights Reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 05/26/05

      ISBN: 1-4208-4952-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 9781463494469 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2005903660

      Printed in the United States of America

      Bloomington, Indiana

      CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      CHAPTER ONE

      CHAPTER TWO

      CHAPTER THREE

      CHAPTER FOUR

      CHAPTER FIVE

      CHAPTER SIX

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      CHAPTER NINE

      CHAPTER TEN

      CHAPTER ELEVEN

      CHAPTER TWELVE

      CHAPTER THIRTEEN

      CHAPTER FOURTEEN

      CHAPTER FIFTEEN

      CHAPTER SIXTEEN

      CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

      CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

      CHAPTER NINETEEN

      CHAPTER TWENTY

      CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

      CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

      CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

      CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

      CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

      CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

      CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

      CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

      INTRODUCTION

      During World War II, thousands of young American men and women joined the fight to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation. From June 6, 1944 to May 7, 1945, an orchestrated effort among the Allies was made toward this end that included five major beach landings on the French coast off the English Channel. The responsibility of launching the mass invasion on the first two beaches – code-named Utah, and Omaha, – fell primarily to the American forces. British-led forces were selected to assault the remaining three beaches – code-named Gold, Juno, and The Sword.

      In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944 at 6:30 a.m., the war’s determining battle was launched. Fifteen hundred warships, 4,000 amphibious crafts, 20,000 vehicles, and 13,000 aircraft carrying 145,000 soldiers were deployed.

      The Omaha and Utah beachhead invasions put the troops at a disadvantage, pitting them against the fortified German forces that occupied the land, but the elements of surprise, courage, and sheer determination led to the success of the operation. The German Wehrmacht was pushed back to face a two-pronged attack that ended the battle for the beach, and led to the beginning of the end of the war.

      As a solider in the United States Army from March 20, 1944 to Jan. 1, 1946, I was a firsthand witness to and participant in many of these historical events that shaped our modern-day world. For one American soldier, from Berlin, New Hampshire, this is how it was …

      CHAPTER ONE

      On Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt declared war on Japan and Germany, indicating that American soldiers would be fighting on both fronts. Starting immediately, President Roosevelt announced over the radio, a draft would be enacted. I said to my wife, We are at war. My wife said to me, It looks like you will be going to war.

      At that time, we were newlyweds of one year, living in New Britain, Connecticut, on Glenn Street in a two-room apartment. My wife, Priscilla, and I were both working at Fafnir Ball Bearing Company.

      I reminded Priscilla that I had two brothers, Marcel and Norman, who were eligible for the draft. You will not be taken because you are working at a defense company, she said, and I hoped she was right.

      In 1942, Priscilla wanted to move to Bond Street, where new apartments were being constructed for defense workers, so we went to look them over. We took an apartment at 32 Bond St. for $18 a month and moved in.

      Since Fafnir Ball Bearing Company was one of the largest defense contractors to the government, it could allow its employees deferments – generally six months – from the draft. It was getting very busy and there was plenty of work. The foreman at the factory started to put pressure on the workers to produce more in less time. Working there during wartime was very difficult, and there was constant pressure to produce more and more, under unrealistic time schedules.

      I earned one deferment from the company but it was pushing very hard to get even higher production results, so I told them to forget about the next deferment, that I would just as soon go into the military service as a better way to serve my country.

      I went home and related to Priscilla what I had told my supervisors at the plant. Henry, you know what is best for our country, she said, adding that she would be fine. Her sister and brother-in-law, Bernadette and Albert Ouellet, offered her a place to stay while I served in the Army – for which I was very grateful – and we agreed to keep the apartment on Bond Street at $18 a month until I came back home.

      When I was growing up in Berlin, New Hampshire, my father, Henry E. Lambert (for whom I was named), told stories about when he had fought in Germany during World War I. He was born in Canada and was three weeks old when he came to the United States with my grandfather and grandmother. When World War I was declared, my father volunteered to serve and was assigned to the 26th Yankee Infantry Division. After his training he went by ship to France and fought the Germans in those terrible trenches.

      The Germans were using mustard gas and my father had been gassed. As a consequence, he lost a great deal of weight and was sent to Paris, France, to recuperate. Although he was initially told he would probably die, he recovered. When he was better he returned to New Hampshire and married Alice Lapointe. He often told us that we were living in a great country – the United States of America – and that it was better to be free and do the things you like in the world.

      While I was waiting to enter the service, my brothers, Marcel and Norman, were drafted. Norman was working at JC Penney in Berlin and was drafted in 1942. The government sent him to school to be a radio operator in the Flying Fortresses – the B-17s and B-24s.

      Marcel was drafted in the beginning of 1943 and began training to become a fighter pilot.

      CHAPTER TWO

      In December 1943, I received a

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