The Rangers initially landed on Sicily as assault troops. On July 10th, the 1st and 4th Ranger battalions, led by Col. Darby and Major Murray, assaulted the city of Gela. The goal was to capture the town and its coastal batteries. On the first day of the campaign in Italy, Brady was killed in action during his drop, or shortly after. In 2013, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed Concurrent Resolution No. 18 naming a bridge in honor of Cpl. Brady near his hometown in Volga, West Virginia. Bridge Number 49-4/15-0.93 on County Route 4/15, which had been known as the “French Creek Bridge,” was redesignated as the “Cpl. Sherald P. Brady, U.S. Army Memorial Bridge.
The Rangers initially landed on Sicily as assault troops. On July 10th, the 1st and 4th Ranger battalions, led by Col. Darby and Major Murray, assaulted the city of Gela. The goal was to capture the town and its coastal batteries. On the first day of the campaign in Italy, Brady was killed in action during his drop, or shortly after. In 2013, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed Concurrent Resolution No. 18 naming a bridge in honor of Cpl. Brady near his hometown in Volga, West Virginia. Bridge Number 49-4/15-0.93 on County Route 4/15, which had been known as the “French Creek Bridge,” was redesignated as the “Cpl. Sherald P. Brady, U.S. Army Memorial Bridge.
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Entered the service from West Virginia.
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