History Interpreters Keep Alive Memories of Fallen D-Day Soldiers

The first visitors center was inaugurated at the Normandy American Cemetery in 2007. A half dozen others have since been established.
History Interpreters Keep Alive Memories of Fallen D-Day Soldiers
U.S. D-Day veteran Leonard Jindra, 98, speaks with his daughter following a ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on June 2, 2019. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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PARIS—A Quaker and pilot from Edinburg, Texas, 1st Lieutenant Joseph Heacock refused to bear arms for religious reasons, but he flew a P-38 on missions as a member of the 33rd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron—including on D-Day.

A former elementary school teacher from Morrisville, Pennsylvania, Tec 5 Mary Schulyer had what might seem to be a mundane job at a mail-sorting post, but the letters she helped deliver proved key to propping up the morale of homesick GIs.

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