Edison, New Jersey - photo from the 2004 anniversary edition of Home News Tribune

One of the "Greatest Generation"

Lieutenant Commander Knapper and Chief Yeoman Cook, of USS Texas (BB-35), examine  a damaged German pillbox at Pointe du Hoc on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. Earlier in the day Texas had bombarded the point in support of the "Omaha" Beach landings.The body of a dead U.S. Army Ranger, killed during the assault on Pointe du Hoc, lies covered up at right.

Examining a damaged German pillbox

Leroy Burke of Central Jersey, as he looked in 2004