On Veterans Day we celebrate “Service to the Nation” — here are two of my favorites… Agnes Sure at Pearl Harbor & Harris Holman at Normandy
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NORMANDY: what Americans heard it as they woke on June 6, 1944 — & — SSgt Harris Holman, a Ranger at Pointe du Hoc
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SSG HARRIS HOLMAN: a US Army Ranger who went up the cliffs at Pont du Hoc on Jun 6, 1944
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A RANGER AT NORMANDY: Harris Holman
Rangers at Pointe du Hoc
Harris Holman was a SSG, squad leader, in the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment when they landed at Normandy.
His story is the story of an everyday hero, although he would certainly reject that tag.
Harris passed on December 7, 2002 in his hometown of Hatton, ND.
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