Larry was my dad's youngest sisters first husband. He was the love of her life. She met him in Los Angeles where we was a motor man on one of the street cars. They were married July 4, 1941 and he went into the Army in 1942. He led his men during the Battle of Normandy where he died a hero. He was awarded the Silver Star.
1st Lt Lawrence D Canatsey , HQ, 35th Infantry Div. landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy. On the day of the invasion, Company G, on the left, had run into the same kind of enemy fire, but there the barrage caught the company commander, 1st Lt. Lawrence D. Canatsey of California. He lay with a severe leg wound, but his thoughts remained on his objective. Two of his platoon leaders also had been hit, and as the men began to fall back, it fell to 1st Lt. John A. Creech of Texas, to get the company reorganized and to get it moving. Lt. Canatsey was able to orient his executive officer on the situation, and he was calling words of encouragement when a litter team arrived to evacuate him. As he was being moved to the relative safety of the aid station on one of the medical jeeps a second shell struck, and this one killed him. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.
1st Lt Lawrence D Canatsey , HQ, 35th Infantry Div. landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy. On the day of the invasion, Company G, on the left, had run into the same kind of enemy fire, but there the barrage caught the company commander, 1st Lt. Lawrence D. Canatsey of California. He lay with a severe leg wound, but his thoughts remained on his objective. Two of his platoon leaders also had been hit, and as the men began to fall back, it fell to 1st Lt. John A. Creech of Texas, to get the company reorganized and to get it moving. Lt. Canatsey was able to orient his executive officer on the situation, and he was calling words of encouragement when a litter team arrived to evacuate him. As he was being moved to the relative safety of the aid station on one of the medical jeeps a second shell struck, and this one killed him. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.
Larry was my dad's youngest sisters first husband. He was the love of her life. She met him in Los Angeles where we was a motor man on one of the street cars. They were married July 4, 1941 and he went into the Army in 1942. He led his men during the Battle of Normandy where he died a hero. He was awarded the Silver Star.
1st Lt Lawrence D Canatsey , HQ, 35th Infantry Div. landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy. On the day of the invasion, Company G, on the left, had run into the same kind of enemy fire, but there the barrage caught the company commander, 1st Lt. Lawrence D. Canatsey of California. He lay with a severe leg wound, but his thoughts remained on his objective. Two of his platoon leaders also had been hit, and as the men began to fall back, it fell to 1st Lt. John A. Creech of Texas, to get the company reorganized and to get it moving. Lt. Canatsey was able to orient his executive officer on the situation, and he was calling words of encouragement when a litter team arrived to evacuate him. As he was being moved to the relative safety of the aid station on one of the medical jeeps a second shell struck, and this one killed him. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.
1st Lt Lawrence D Canatsey , HQ, 35th Infantry Div. landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy. On the day of the invasion, Company G, on the left, had run into the same kind of enemy fire, but there the barrage caught the company commander, 1st Lt. Lawrence D. Canatsey of California. He lay with a severe leg wound, but his thoughts remained on his objective. Two of his platoon leaders also had been hit, and as the men began to fall back, it fell to 1st Lt. John A. Creech of Texas, to get the company reorganized and to get it moving. Lt. Canatsey was able to orient his executive officer on the situation, and he was calling words of encouragement when a litter team arrived to evacuate him. As he was being moved to the relative safety of the aid station on one of the medical jeeps a second shell struck, and this one killed him. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.
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