A reminder from my brother Skip Hellewell:<\/p>\n
70 years ago tonight, our Uncle Don Bosworth, along with a lot of other\u00a0 brave guys, flew over the English Channel with the 82nd Airborne and\u00a0 parachuted into occupied France the night before D-Day. Years later Don remembered the clouds clearing as they passed over the channel\u00a0 revealing an immense armada headed for a landing the next morning. The\u00a0 U.S. Navy Armada was a beautiful sight and reassurance they weren’t alone, that help was on the way.<\/p>\n
Their mission was to intersect and delay German reinforcements headed for the landing beaches. His sons could tell the story better, but I recall that Don, a Staff Sargent, broke his ankle on landing but was in continuous combat for several weeks earning a medal for courage in defense of a critical road junction. Don continued in action and also fought in the Battle of the Bulge the following winter.<\/p>\n
Uncle Gil Beardslee landed following D-Day with the 90th Division and participated in the invasions of France, Belgium, and Germany. He also supported the Battle of the Bulge.<\/p>\n
Uncle Jim Scott also fought in France with the Army Air Corp as a flight engineer-top turret gunner on a B-26, completing 41 missions.<\/p>\n
Our Uncle Glen Hellewell\u00a0 [my father\u00a0 — Rick] was in the Marine Corp and participated in the Invasion of Okinawa a year later.<\/p>\n
Actually, if you look at our family alive at that time, all did what they could, all they were asked to do, in this great war.<\/p>\n
Such deeds of courage in defense of our country should live on in Hellewell family lore<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So it should be remembered. I put it here for the three people that visit, but the googles will help remember also.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A reminder from my brother Skip Hellewell:<\/p>\n
70 years ago tonight, our Uncle Don Bosworth, along with a lot of other\u00a0 brave guys, flew over the English Channel with the 82nd Airborne and\u00a0 parachuted into occupied France the night before D-Day. Years later Don remembered the clouds clearing as they passed over the channel\u00a0 revealing an immense armada headed for a landing the next morning. The\u00a0 U.S. Navy Armada was a beautiful sight and reassurance they weren’t alone,<\/p>\n