29th ID D-Day Veteran recognized at Fort Belvoir ceremony
Maj. Brett McCreight, 29th Infantry Division Secretary of the General Staff, stands in front of the 29th ID Headquarters on Fort Belvoir with 90-year-old Army Private Peter Myers, the only known surviving member of the 29th Division 116 Regiment Company F. Myers landed on Omaha Beach in the first wave on June 6, 1944, D-Day. Myers participated in the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir’s Veterans Day Observance, Mon., Nov. 11. “There is no place I would rather be today than here…the 29th is here,” said Myers. (photo by Staff Sgt. Lalita Laksbergs, 29th Infantry Division Public Affairs)
29th ID D-Day Veteran recognized at Fort Belvoir ceremony
Maj. Brett McCreight, 29th Infantry Division Secretary of the General Staff, stands in front of the 29th ID Headquarters on Fort Belvoir with 90-year-old Army Private Peter Myers, the only known surviving member of the 29th Division 116 Regiment Company F. Myers landed on Omaha Beach in the first wave on June 6, 1944, D-Day. Myers participated in the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir’s Veterans Day Observance, Mon., Nov. 11. “There is no place I would rather be today than here…the 29th is here,” said Myers. (photo by Staff Sgt. Lalita Laksbergs, 29th Infantry Division Public Affairs)