WASHINGTON (TNND) — Tucked into Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the town of Bedford is known for its scenery and for a legacy forged in war by the “Bedford Boys,” the local soldiers who paid a devastating price on D-Day.
Amazing America 250: VA town honors legacy of Bedford Boys who made the ultimate sacrifice (TNND)
On June 6, 1944, American troops joined Allied forces in a combined naval, air and land assault on the beaches of Normandy, France. The invasion, widely known as D-Day, was described as a pivotal moment in the fight to defeat Nazi Germany in Europe, cracking “Hitler’s fortress” and marking the beginning of the end of World War II and the liberation of Europe from Nazi occupation…