You served the country quite well and saved many lives.
Posted on 12/07/2025 3:22:09 PM PST by riverdawg
PARIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Charles Norman Shay, a Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed off the Normandy coast on D-Day and helped save lives, died at age 101 on Wednesday. Shay died at his home near Caen in France’s Normandy region, his carer Marie-Pascale Legrand said.
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... As a U.S. Army medic, he ran across the beach dozens of times, dragging men out of the surf and patching up their wounds under heavy fire — actions for which he was awarded a Silver Star, three Bronze Stars, and France’s Legion d’Honneur.
He moved to Normandy in 2017 and became a familiar figure at annual commemorations, insisting he was no hero, only a soldier who did his duty. “We lost many men,” he recalled in a 2019 interview marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day. “I had to blank it all off so I could concentrate on my mission.”...
God bless this hero.
Memory Eternal to this D-Day hero!
Gods speed soldier Norman. Without doubt you reside with the angels and our lord. If one looks at the history of our medics and corpsmen are many stories of extreme bravery and sacrifice and death. They are gods angels on earth.
RIP, hero.
God bless you Mr. Shay, thank you so much for your service to our wonderful country.
Amen.
Amen.
Rest In Peace and thank you very much for your service, Charles.
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