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Podcast: Reelfoot Forward
Episode: Ep. 116 Bill Allen: Eyewitness to D-Day
Description: Bill Allen was just 18 years old when he began serving in the Navy as a medic during World War II. He was there on D-Day, June 6, 1944, where his ship joined the biggest armada in history carrying soldiers and equipment to storm the beach at Omaha in Normandy, France to liberate Europe from the Nazis. On June 19, 1944, Allen’s ship hit a German mine and exploded leaving less than 30 survivors out of over 300 men that had been serving on the ship. In this inspirational episode, he shares his memories of D-Day and the explosion that cost many of his friends and fe...