Normandy American Cemetery Stories ... The Bedford Boys

The town of Bedford, Virginia, population, 3,000, lays claim to having lost more of it's sons in the D-Day invasion than any other American municipality ... 22 young men lost their lives, 19 of them made that greatest of sacrifice on the first day of the invasion.

The story of The Bedford Boys is recounted in Alex Kershaw's book. 

Our guide, Anthony, shared the story of two brothers, Raymond and Bedford Hoback who are memorialized in the Normandy American Cemetery.  Raymond Hoback's name is inscribed on the garden memorial and Bedford Hoback is interred in Section G of the cemetery.  In all, there are 33 pairs of brothers whose final resting place is in Colleville Sur Mer.