Sam Elliott pays tribute to SGT Ray Lambert on the 2019 National Memorial Day Concert

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Photo of Ray Lambert from The American Home Front Project.

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Omaha Beach Medic. First, he participated in the invasion
of North Africa in 1943, where he was wounded and won
the Silver Star for bravery. Next, he was part of the invasion
of Sicily, where he was wounded again. Then, in 1944,
as a 24-year-old staff sergeant leading a unit of medics,
he was sent to England to board a transport ship for his
third invasion: D-Day.

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Every Man a Hero A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War by Ray Lambert, Jim DeFelice

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Wn62 possible;y this is the piece of concrete they sheltered behind, part of a German sand collection apparatus on the beach.

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Sam Elliott pays tribute to SGT Ray Lambert on the 2019 National Memorial Day Concert

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Sam Elliott pays tribute to SGT Ray Lambert on the 2019 National Memorial Day Concert

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Sam Elliott pays tribute to SGT Ray Lambert on the 2019 National Memorial Day Concert

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Ray Lambert photo for npr web page click here

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At 98, D-Day Veteran Medic Returns To Normandy To Remember A Generation's Sacrifice from npr.

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