The National WWII Museum | Dr. Hal Baumgarten Reflects on D-Day @wwiimuseum | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
Private Harold “Hal” Baumgarten, Company B, 116th Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. Part of the first waves of the assault force, Baumgarten endured murderous enemy fire, was wounded five times in just 32 hours of fighting, and had to be evacuated by hospital ship.
Presented in memory of D-Day veteran and Museum friend Dr. Harold “Hal” Baumgarten.
Private Harold “Hal” Baumgarten, Company B, 116th Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. Part of the first waves of the assault force, Baumgarten endured murderous enemy fire, was wounded five times in just 32 hours of fighting, and had to be evacuated by hospital ship.
Presented in memory of D-Day veteran and Museum friend Dr. Harold “Hal” Baumgarten.
