Memories of some things have faded for Bob Wilson, 104, but he vividly remembers arriving in Normandy on D-Day.
SAN DIEGO — On June 6, the world remembers one of the deadliest invasions during World War II. It has been 80 years since Americans and Allied troopsRetired U.S. Naval Commander Joseph Robert Wilson, Bob Wilson, 104, tries to forget the pain of D-Day but not the men who made the ultimate sacrifice.
He was 21 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. “As soon as I heard about the invasion it was time for me to get in,” said Wilson. He fought in the North Africa campaign and the Invasion of Sicily before he arrived for the deadliest invasion in 1944.What is now known as D-day, is the day ships, planes and troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in western France to rid Europe of Nazi Germany.
Wilson says the mess table on the ship was used to treat wounded soldiers. “This was a real war,” said Wilson.
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