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Old 06-29-2010, 10:34   #1
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A Little Late ...

... but not forgotten. Deepest thanks to the "Greatest Generation".

D-Day paratrooper, 87, saluted at Fort Hood
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Old 06-29-2010, 11:08   #2
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SGT Bearden was a mortar squad leader in H Company and also wrote a book, To D-Day And Back: Adventures With The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment And Life As A WW2 POW.

507th info here:

http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507_trp.html

Clarence Hughart (whose pic is also at the above link), much like Don Lassen was with the Static Line before he died, has been the 'heart and soul' of the 507th PIR Assn - Clarence was also in H Company.

And so it goes...

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Old 06-29-2010, 11:10   #3
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Good to see that he received the medals after all these years.
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