Charleston, South Carolina area veterans recall landing on the shores of Normandy
June 6, 1944, was Lee Hunt’s birthday. “I spent my 18th birthday shooting up the French coast,” the James Island resident recalled, describing his time sealed in a gun turret aboard the destroyer Laffey. Future Summerville Mayor Berlin G. Myers … Continue reading Charleston, South Carolina area veterans recall landing on the shores of Normandy
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Charleston, South Carolina area veterans recall landing on the shores of Normandy
June 6, 1944, was Lee Hunt’s birthday. “I spent my 18th birthday shooting up the French coast,” the James Island resident recalled, describing his time sealed in a gun turret aboard the destroyer Laffey. Future Summerville Mayor Berlin G. Myers … Continue reading Charleston, South Carolina area veterans recall landing on the shores of Normandy