[beaversmom]

I have been watching lots of good WWII documentaries on NetFlix. Hal Baumgarten was one of the men featured in World War II: The Last Heroes, Season 1, Episode 1. He was wounded 5 separate times on that day. I have only watched through to Episode II, but it's a good series of documentaries so far.

I tried to look for the episode on You Tube, but I didn't see it there.

Here is a news article about Hal Baumgarten from USA Today (cannot be posted to FR) from the D-Day 70th Anniversary on June 5, 2014.

Survivor speaks for those who cannot

[beaversmom]

Link to short video of Hal Baumgarten via The WWII Foundation/You Tube

[rlmorel]

BFL, thanks for posting, beaversmom!

[Dacula]

Thanks, will get to it after work today.

I enjoy stories like this one.

[lonevoice]

Baumgarten was in Company B of the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th.

My father was in Company L of the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th. I will watch this with interest! Thank you for the post.

[colorado tanker]

Before the War the 116th was a Virginia National Guard unit and many of the D-Day casualties were Virginians. Guess it was this New Yorker’s “good” luck to be assigned to those boys. The fighting around Vierville was sure tough.