colonel george taylor whose 16th infantry regiment would join in the first wave was asked what would happen if the germans stopped right then and there, cold on the beach, just stopped them, what would happen? this great american replied, why, the 18th infantry is coming in right behind us. the 26th infantry will come on, too. then there is the second infantry division already afloat and the 9th division and the 2nd armored and the 3rd armored and all the rest. maybe the 16th won t make it, but someone will. one of those men in taylor s 16th regiment was army medic ray