9th Infantry 2nd Division
Gov. Jay Nixon today led a delegation from Missouri in visiting the Normandy American Cemetery, where more than 9,300 Americans killed during World War II - including 232 Missourians - are buried. Many of the soldiers interred at the cemetery died during the invasion of Normandy, which began on June 6, 1944.
After the ceremony at the Memorial, the Governor and his group walked to the grave site of Woodrow W. Fitzwater, a soldier killed in action 69 years ago today. The Governor also laid a wreath at the grave of Private First Class
Fitzwater, a member of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, who was from Montgomery County, and who had relatives in St. Louis.
"PFC Fitzwater represents the 232 soldiers from Missouri for whom this hallowed ground is their final resting place," Gov. Nixon said. "They came from farms, small towns and big cities to join a great crusade that liberated millions and kept our country free. May we always remember and honor that selfless sacrifice."
Awarded Purple Heart
Gov. Jay Nixon today led a delegation from Missouri in visiting the Normandy American Cemetery, where more than 9,300 Americans killed during World War II - including 232 Missourians - are buried. Many of the soldiers interred at the cemetery died during the invasion of Normandy, which began on June 6, 1944.
After the ceremony at the Memorial, the Governor and his group walked to the grave site of Woodrow W. Fitzwater, a soldier killed in action 69 years ago today. The Governor also laid a wreath at the grave of Private First Class
Fitzwater, a member of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, who was from Montgomery County, and who had relatives in St. Louis.
"PFC Fitzwater represents the 232 soldiers from Missouri for whom this hallowed ground is their final resting place," Gov. Nixon said. "They came from farms, small towns and big cities to join a great crusade that liberated millions and kept our country free. May we always remember and honor that selfless sacrifice."
Awarded Purple Heart
9th Infantry 2nd Division
Gov. Jay Nixon today led a delegation from Missouri in visiting the Normandy American Cemetery, where more than 9,300 Americans killed during World War II - including 232 Missourians - are buried. Many of the soldiers interred at the cemetery died during the invasion of Normandy, which began on June 6, 1944.
After the ceremony at the Memorial, the Governor and his group walked to the grave site of Woodrow W. Fitzwater, a soldier killed in action 69 years ago today. The Governor also laid a wreath at the grave of Private First Class
Fitzwater, a member of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, who was from Montgomery County, and who had relatives in St. Louis.
"PFC Fitzwater represents the 232 soldiers from Missouri for whom this hallowed ground is their final resting place," Gov. Nixon said. "They came from farms, small towns and big cities to join a great crusade that liberated millions and kept our country free. May we always remember and honor that selfless sacrifice."
Awarded Purple Heart
Gov. Jay Nixon today led a delegation from Missouri in visiting the Normandy American Cemetery, where more than 9,300 Americans killed during World War II - including 232 Missourians - are buried. Many of the soldiers interred at the cemetery died during the invasion of Normandy, which began on June 6, 1944.
After the ceremony at the Memorial, the Governor and his group walked to the grave site of Woodrow W. Fitzwater, a soldier killed in action 69 years ago today. The Governor also laid a wreath at the grave of Private First Class
Fitzwater, a member of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, who was from Montgomery County, and who had relatives in St. Louis.
"PFC Fitzwater represents the 232 soldiers from Missouri for whom this hallowed ground is their final resting place," Gov. Nixon said. "They came from farms, small towns and big cities to join a great crusade that liberated millions and kept our country free. May we always remember and honor that selfless sacrifice."
Awarded Purple Heart
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