I found my grandfather’s D-Day diary and went to Normandy to follow in his footsteps
Diary entry, June 6, 1944: “Land (invasion) 7:30 am, little done in the morning, afternoon with information[antry], it turned out to be 4 bunkers. Met other AVREs at 5pm (prox).” Much has been written about D-Day. Although not much, as evidenced by the words of my grandfather, James “Jim” Baxter, who summarized his part in … Read more