Point du Hoc in 2009/2

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, France, 2009

Normandy American Cemetery _2

Within a few days, Mrs Niland received three heartbreaking telegrams. Robert had died in Normandy on D-Day. His brother Preston was killed on June 7 near Utah Beach. A third brother, Eddie, was reported missing in the Pacific, but returned home after being rescued from a POW camp. The Army sent Fritz, the fourth son, back to the US. The Niland story was the basis for the film Saving Private Ryan.