Henry Miller Hansen

Henry Miller Hansen was a member
of the National Guard, a volunteer,

ready to come to the nation's rescue
should an emergency arise.

The emergency came in the form of
the bombing ofPearl Harbor.

Henry was activated, and assigned to the
507 PRCHT INF REGT, 82 ABN DIV WORLD WAR II

After intensive training and preparation,

he was part of the Normandy invasion of June 1944.

He died crossing a mine field.

No one could reach him or
the other soldier who died with him,
so their bodies lay in the minefield

decomposing then their bones bleached

in the sun until Mar 21st, 1946.

Henry Miller Hansen's remains were retrieved and interred
beneath a white marble cross in a serviceman's cemetery in France

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot: Plot A Row 19 Grave 46

He was my husband's grandfather.