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Landrum, Eugene, MG USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Pensacola
Date of Passing Jul 24, 1967
Location of Interment San Francisco National Cemetery (VA) - San Francisco, California
Enlisted service Oct 1910 - Nov 1916 in 2nd Infantry Regiment.
Commissioned in Nov 1916 as 2LT of Infantry.
Retired in Feb 1951.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
From Month/Year
June / 1944
To Month/Year
July / 1944
Description Normandy Campaign 6 June to 24 July 1944) Early on D-Day airborne troops landed in France to gain control of strategic areas. Aerial and naval bombardment followed. Then the invasion fleet, covered by an umbrella of aircraft, discharged Eisenhower’s assault forces. Soon the beachhead was secure, but its expansion was a slow and difficult process in the face of strong opposition. It was not until late in July that the Allies were able to break out of Normandy.
