adbrady (@adbrady)

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2000379313955138 This is what it’s all about. One of our Next-Gen students, Caleb Walker, was able to witness this moment and film it through his eyes. He is part of the last generation who will ever get to speak with a #wwii veteran. Helps us bring more veterans back! 82 years ago, Ed Sandy was just 18 years old when he came to Omaha beach during the invasion of Normandy. He was a gunner on LCF-3 —> a British landing craft converted into a gunboat and manned by U.S. crews. Ed provided fire support during the D-Day landings. After the invasion, his mission changed. He helped recover those who made the ultimate sacrifice, carrying fallen service members back to ships waiting offshore. Now 100 years old, for the first time since D-Day, Ed returned to the beaches where his story began. To stand again on these shores, to walk the ground where so much history unfolded, and to reflect on a chapter of his life that he carried with him for 82 years was an incredibly powerful and emotional moment.