Summary of Alex Kershaw's The Bedford Boys

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#1 The Bedfords were a family of seven boys who all joined the local National Guard unit together in 1938. They were all very young, and the brothers enjoyed the attention their uniforms brought them.

#2 The Stevens brothers, Roy and Ray, were extremely competitive. They learned to box as children and by the mid-thirties were regularly fighting each other to earn a few cents. They bought a farm in 1938, and they knew they would have to wait until the economy rebounded before they could make a living working it.

#3 The Stevens brothers joined the Bedford boys for their annual exercises in August 1939, sharing a tent with a hundred other young men from Bedford. They camped beside a hundred other young men from Bedford in Company A, which belonged to the 1st Battalion of the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Division.

#4 In September 1939, World War II had begun when Germany invaded Poland. In May 1940, the British had barely evaded capture at Dunkirk, and stood alone. Only 23 miles of the English Channel kept the Nazis from gaining complete hegemony over Europe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822546141

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Insights on Alex Kershaw's The Bedford Boys

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

On June 6, 1944, the British ship the Empire Javelin crossed the English Channel with 34 men from the small Virginia town of Bedford on board. They were part of the 116th Infantry’s Company A, a select two-hundred man unit. They were going to spearhead the most dangerous American assault of the entire war.

#2

The boats that were to carry Company A to France left earlier than planned because of the bad weather. The flotilla had twenty craft all together: eighteen LCAs and two LCPs.

#3

The troops knew they would be next. Thirty-four Bedford boys emerged from below into the cold darkness. They were the best men I have ever seen in my life, said Ray Nance, who was their officer.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The Bedfords were a family of seven boys who all joined the local National Guard unit together in 1938. They were all very young, and the brothers enjoyed the attention their uniforms brought them.

#2

The Stevens brothers, Roy and Ray, were extremely competitive. They learned to box as children and by the mid-thirties were regularly fighting each other to earn a few cents. They bought a farm in 1938, and they knew they would have to wait until the economy rebounded before they could make a living working it.

#3

The Stevens brothers joined