29th ID D-Day Veteran recognized at Fort Belvoir ceremony - Nov. 11, 2013

Army Private Peter Myers, the only known surviving member of the 29th Division 116 Regiment Company F, participated Nov. 11, 2013, in the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir’s Veterans Day Observance. Myers is 90 years old and was in the first wave to land at Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944, D-Day. The 116 Regiment Company F originated as a National Guard Unit in Halifax County, Va. “There is no place I would rather be today than here…the 29th is here,” said Myers.