John R. (Bob) Slaughter

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Private, U.S. Army, Company D, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division

Unit's Mission: To land at Omaha Beach, neutralize the German defenses, and secure the bluffs in anticipation of a counterattack.

"You know what a deer feels like on the first day of hunting season," he remembers. "You just hope it's gonna be a clean wound."

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