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LTC Robert Lee “Bull” Wolverton VVeteran
- Birth
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Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
- Death
- 6 Jun 1944 (aged 29)
Saint-Come-du-Mont, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
- Burial
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West Point, Orange County, New York, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 41.3987069, Longitude: -73.9679998
- Plot
- SECTION VII ROW A SITE 54
- Memorial ID
- 41804892 · View Source
- Maintained by: SW
- Originally Created by: Don Stowell
- Added: Sep 10, 2009
- Find a Grave Memorial ID:
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41804892/robert_lee-wolverton: accessed ), memorial page for LTC Robert Lee “Bull” Wolverton (5 Oct 1914–6 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41804892, citing United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, Orange County, New York, USA; Maintained by SW (contributor 47175870).
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pic from West Point - US Military Academy - 1938 book (from fold3 website)
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From Facebook page, From Facebook: WW2 Colourised Photos
Lt. Col. Robert Wolverton, C/O 3 Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
The evening of the 5th of June 1944.
Sadly, within hours a cruel twist of fate meant his feet never touched French soil.
Lt Col. Wolverton (aged 30), was killed by ground fire and left suspended by his parachute from an apple tree in an orchard just north of the hamlet of St Côme du Mont in Normandy. June 6 1944
(Nb. of the 15 men in his 'stick', 5 were KIA on D/Day, 8 taken as POWs and 2 unaccounted for)
(Colourised by Johnny Sirlande from Belgium)
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™D-DAY PARATROOPERS HISTORICAL CENTER St-Côme-Du-Mont - Coloured by Historic photo restored in color.
© Michel De Trez - DDAY PUBLISHING
On that evening in June 1944, he gathered his men in an orchard adjacent to what is now Exeter airport, and said:
"Men, I am not a religious man and I don't know your feelings in this matter, but I am going to ask you to pray with me for the success of the mission before us. And while we pray, let us get on our knees and not look down but up with faces raised to the sky so that we can see God and ask his blessing in what we are about to do. "God almighty, in a few short hours we will be in battle with the enemy. We do not join battle afraid. We do not ask favors or indulgence but ask that, if You will, use us as Your instrument for the right and an aid in returning peace to the world.
"We do not know or seek what our fate will be. We ask only this, that if die we must, that we die as men would die, without complaining, without pleading and safe in the feeling that we have done our best for what we believed was right.
"Oh Lord, protect our loved ones and be near us in the fire ahead and with us now as we pray to you."
Sadly, within hours, the orator himself was dead; a cruel twist of fate meant his feet never touched French soil.
Lt. Col. Robert Wolverton, C/O 3 Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
The evening of the 5th of June 1944.
Sadly, within hours a cruel twist of fate meant his feet never touched French soil.
Lt Col. Wolverton (aged 30), was killed by ground fire and left suspended by his parachute from an apple tree in an orchard just north of the hamlet of St Côme du Mont in Normandy. June 6 1944
(Nb. of the 15 men in his 'stick', 5 were KIA on D/Day, 8 taken as POWs and 2 unaccounted for)
(Colourised by Johnny Sirlande from Belgium)
https://www.facebook.com/Historicphotorestoredincolor/…
™D-DAY PARATROOPERS HISTORICAL CENTER St-Côme-Du-Mont - Coloured by Historic photo restored in color.
© Michel De Trez - DDAY PUBLISHING
On that evening in June 1944, he gathered his men in an orchard adjacent to what is now Exeter airport, and said:
"Men, I am not a religious man and I don't know your feelings in this matter, but I am going to ask you to pray with me for the success of the mission before us. And while we pray, let us get on our knees and not look down but up with faces raised to the sky so that we can see God and ask his blessing in what we are about to do. "God almighty, in a few short hours we will be in battle with the enemy. We do not join battle afraid. We do not ask favors or indulgence but ask that, if You will, use us as Your instrument for the right and an aid in returning peace to the world.
"We do not know or seek what our fate will be. We ask only this, that if die we must, that we die as men would die, without complaining, without pleading and safe in the feeling that we have done our best for what we believed was right.
"Oh Lord, protect our loved ones and be near us in the fire ahead and with us now as we pray to you."
Sadly, within hours, the orator himself was dead; a cruel twist of fate meant his feet never touched French soil.
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Reposez en paix Mr. WOLVERTON
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A memorial in Saint-Côme-du-Mont, France, near the place where col. Robert Lee Wolverton lost his life. The memorial has been inaugurated for the 100th birthday of his birth and the 70th birthday of his sacrifice. We will never forget you. Gilles
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Original photo sourced by Project Vigil and the West Virginia State Library.
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LTC Robert L Wolverton: Hours Before His Death: Bravest of the Brave
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Receiving Jumpmaster inspection from 1st Lt. Bobuck prior to D-Day night jump
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Boyhood home 219 Davis Street, in Elkins, WV
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LTC Wolverton's Military Awards
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