My Grandfather served in a mixed-race unit in Normandy
PITTSBURGH, PA. – My grandfather Regis Holden was a Normandy veteran, who served in the mixed-race unit “The Red Ball Express.”
He landed 12 days after D-Day when the fighting was very ugly there. Initially assigned to a rear-echelon anti-aircraft unit, my grandfather was a yinzer & volunteered to get closer
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