Sam Elliott pays tribute to SGT Ray Lambert

K.V.U. Gruppe Bessin (Gold/Omaha Beach) · AOK 7 Normandy · France

Sam Elliott pays tribute to SGT Ray Lambert on the 2019 National Memorial Day Concert

Omaha Beach Medic. First, he participated in the invasion of North Africa in 1943, where he was wounded and won the Silver Star for bravery. Next, he was part of the invasion of Sicily, where he was wounded again. Then, in 1944, as a 24-year-old staff sergeant leading a unit of medics, he was sent to England to board a transport ship for his third invasion: D-Day.

Photo of Ray Lambert from The American Home Front Project.

Every Man a Hero
A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War
by Ray Lambert, Jim DeFelice — Every Man a Hero A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War by Ray Lambert, Jim DeFelice

Wn62 possible;y this is the piece of concrete they sheltered behind, part of a German sand collection apparatus on the beach.

Sam Elliott pays tribute to SGT Ray Lambert on the 2019 National Memorial Day Concert

At 98, D-Day Veteran Medic Returns To Normandy To Remember A Generation's Sacrifice from npr.

Ray Lambert photo for npr web page click here