Training as a regular army soldier . Mr. Lomell i have to go to a ranger school, to begin with, that specialized in many things regular troops do not have to submit to. It is altogether different, a specialized field, a specialized mission, and you have to cope and train for that mission or whatever it may be. When did you actually Enter Service . Mr. Lomell that was in june of 1942. Right after pearl harbor. Your first combat action, was that in normandy . Mr. Lomell my first combat action, yes. Why dont you tell me about, from your training in the states, tell me about your trip over to england and the preparation you made for the normandy invasion. Mr. Lomell i have to tell you that from my point of view, because i dont think the troops of which i was a part of had any knowledge, advanced knowledge, that dday would be our first combat. We were ready for combat then, but they were going to give us specialized training, so the training i got after i entered the rangers was generalized
Outnumbered and literally outgunned. Everything that everyone did was an act of bravery. When you are in the line, youre one person. They were about protecting mankind based on those values. That to me has always been the mainstay of how you actually win over evil. It was the most monumental military operation in modern history. Dday, june 6th, 1944. Now 75 years later, we look back in remembrance on those beaches, the triumphs, the tragedy and the brilliant plans that ultimately liberated a continent. Tonight, you will hear the stories of some of our heroes and you will join them as they journey back to normandy. Im martha maccallum. Thank you for joining us for remembering dday, a 75th anniversary special. There was nothing like the german machinery. The capability and leadership of the German Military which was absolutely first rate. They militarized the rhineland, sending troops in there, and they were under orders from hitler that if they encountered any opposition whatsoever, the
When you volunteer for rangers, what changed from your training as a regular army soldier . They specialize in many things bigger troops do not have to submit to. Different, aer specialized field, a specialized cope. N and you have to when did you Enter Service . Of 42. As in june was that in normandy . My first combat action. Yes. Why dont you tell me about from your training, tell me about your trip over to england and the preparation you made. I have to tell you that from my point of view, because i had anyink the troops advanced knowledge that dday would be our first combat. Then,e ready for combat but they were going to give specialized training, so the training we got after i entered generalizedwas ranger tactics and ranger training. Referring to any particular place we may have trained while we were there, i will explain a few. Tell me where the rangers. Rained dont go too fast. We were at camp forrest tennessee. We came from different parts of the bases, different parts of the
For another rainy, stormy night. Amelia draper is in the storm centeth a look at what to expect. Amelia . And, pat, ikehink the word is some. Most of us are going to stay dry out there tonight, but tomorrow im tracking widespread showers and thunderstorms looking likely later in the day, but where it is raining, its raining heavily a this is back toour west right now. This rain is slowly trying to move into parts of Frederick County and virginia. Successfully now moving into Shenandoah County where its producing very, very heavy rainfall right alongi81. Starting to see a little bit of rain as well. Based on the latest track its going to be moving into luray. Well see that pop up there and the steady rain at 5 30 and 5 40 d winchester at 6 15 and perryville at 6 50. Closer to home in the metro area, im seeing isolated showers popping up in montgomern and right on the border of frederick and Loudoun County and up around theus damasc area. Most of us stay try tonight and everybody dealing
20 books. I have a long list here. One of my favorite books is girls. Is earls. Is one of the first books to explore soldier motivation and ideology. It is an outstanding book. He has done any others that charge, ackets book on field fortifications. A lot of people dont love braxton bragg. Im not sure you will love him after you read earls book, but it is a fair and well researched , deeply analytical look. He has won a number of awards. I should note, this book fighting for atlanta, is published by the university of North Carolina press. Let me welcome earl hess. [applause] pete, veryhank you, much. Fighting for atlanta, tactics, is the and the civil war topic. The purpose is to understand one of the more important elements that influence the course of operations in the Atlantic Campaign. It is a followup to a trilogy that i did several years ago on field fortifications in the eastern campaigns. That was volume two of that trilogy coverage. Atlanta campaign was one of four that heavil