Eighty years ago, Dennis Boldt landed at Normandy. Thursday was the first time Boldt walked Omaha Beach in France since he fought Germans.
– Eighty years ago, Dennis Boldt landed at Normandy . Thursday was the first time Boldt walked Omaha Beach in France since he fought the Germans.
The two men have a connection forged in thankfulness and a veteran brotherhood. Boldt, who served in 1944, and Wells, who served in 2009, are both in France for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that effectively ended World War II. Boldt said he remembered carrying a 40-millimeter anti-aircraft gun, scanning the skies for enemy planes and moving from the sand to the French streets.
“The key to me is really making sure that we bridge that gap between generations,” Wells said. “We have the Greatest Generation here, but there are lots of other veterans. San Antonio has one of the largest veteran populations in the country, and so, we want to get as many of them over here to experience this as possible.”
“I hope that they understand and take the true meaning of what these guys did, what the world was going through and they did to stop it,” Wells said. “And, most importantly, understand that we can never do this again.”
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