[OrioleFan]

My wife and I are recreational ballroom dancers. Not this Dancing with the Stars crap. Bronze/silver level rhythm and smooth. There is a couple we took lessons from back in the 90’s that we meet at the dances and share a table with. One June he told me, “I went in with the first wave at Utah beach.” I was floored. He was in the 4th ID, 8th IR. We got to talking and he told me that he had been wounded 3 times, and the worst part of D-Day was cutting dead paratroopers out of the trees. I asked him if he ever had a desire to go back to Normandy for a tour. He said he never wanted to see it again.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is this the same gentleman depicted in the movie The Longest Day directing traffic on the beach standing up with his dog on a leash and just a swagger stick?

[Rummyfan]

Rear-Admiral Teddy Gueritz, who has died aged 89, took over as a beachmaster on Sword Beach at 0800 on June 6 1944, wearing a blue-painted helmet and red scarf while armed with only a large blackthorn walking stick.

Believe this hero was portrayed by Sir Kenneth Moore in The Longest Day....

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP, Admiral.

[SunkenCiv]

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