What D-Day teaches us

From: National Guard | Date: June 1, 1999| Author: Blum, H Steven | Copyright information

Lessons for Combat Leaders from a 55-Year-Old Invasion

This September, I will lead 65 Army National Guard soldiers from the 29th Infantry Division and the 35th Infantry Division to France to walk the battlefields of World War II's Normandy campaign.

The delegation will include historian Joe Balkoski, author of "Beyond the Beachhead," which is an excellent account of the 29th Division in Normandy.

While in France we will meet Normandy campaign veterans of the 29th Divis...

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