[DIRTYSECRET]

Isn’t this the town that lost all their young men at Normandy?

[sevinufnine]

“Isn’t this the town that lost all their young men at Normandy?” Sadly, yes.

[Howe_D_Dewty]

I believe that was Bedford Virginia...A small town near Lynchburg that lost 19 NG troops on D-Day. A memorial was built in the town. Oh such sadness !!

[GreyFriar]

It was Bedford, VA that A Company, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Inf Div were from, NOT Lynchburg.

https://www.stripes.com/news/special-reports/featured/d-day/bedford-was-hit-hard-but-military-legacy-remains-strong-in-town-torn-apart-by-d-day-1.584358

[oldvirginian]

Lynchburg, Va lost a few but it was the nearby town/county of Bedford, Va that lost more men, per capita, than any other town/county in the country on D-Day. Nineteen men from a county of only three thousand were killed in the Normandy landing. By the end of the Normandy landings three more were killed to total 22.

Company A (Bedford Rifles)
116th Regiment (Stonewall Regiment)
29th Infantry Division. (Blue and Gray)

Excellent book about the Bedford Boys and those they left at home.
https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/bedford-boys-alex-kershaw/1100267057?ean=9780306813559