Yogi Berra was one of the few who was in the front lines & didn’t so much as get a scratch.
It wasn't over until it was over (September 22, 2015).
I didn't know until a few years ago that the first wave of the Allies going in was a virtual slaughter sentence. One source using names listed a total American Armed Forces death toll of 2,499 on that first day, and 1,915 of other allies mainly British.
May God bless their souls for their sacrifice.
He was on a ship, and got a scratch and a Purple Heart, sez here:
I think it was virtually the entire HS graduating class of Lynchburg Va. that were casualties.
Then there’s the boating accident off Scotland training for the invasion. The info came out in the late 90’s. That’s 50+ years afterward. A couple thousand drowned. Worth it? Musta been republicans running the operation. We did win ultimately.
Nobody goes to Normandy anymore, it's too crowded.
I had an uncle that landed D+7. He was on the front lines the whole way. He was in the first American unit that entered Berlin after the end of the war.
Never an exterior scratch. But, lots of internal damage.
My cousin asked him about it once. No one ever made that mistake again.