D Day Remembered By Lee

 2^nd  Div that replaced the 28^th Div as the  D+ 1 Div and hence my disappointment.    lee

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Kenneth Young 

  Kenneth Young may have been the first Mt Pleasant man to cross a Normandy beach following D Day .    Even then he was a few weeks behind the first men off a  landing craft  but a head of my unit and the Mt Pleasant unit both of whom went ashore mid-July.  Kenneth was in the 69^th Seabee Bn and their mission was to build ramps so us late landers could walk ashore without  wading thru the surf.  I’ve attached a photo of Kenneth from the North Sanpete High school  1940 yearbook.  He was a sophomore and the schools best trumpeter player.    lee

Photo showing the work of Kenneth's battalion on Omaha beach.