I've added photos and documents to Howard Huebner's page (82nd Airborne). And you can check it out here:
http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/HowardHuebner.htm
The following is on his page, but wanted to post it here too:
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OrlandoSentinel.com
Leesburg vet paying respects in Normandy
June 6, 2009
Sixty-five years ago today, Howard Huebner of Leesburg parachuted into a French field on D-Day.
Today, the 86-year-old Army veteran will be back in France and will relive his World War II experiences during ceremonies marking the pivotal invasion.
President Barack Obama is expected to be at the ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer (above). Huebner (right), who traveled across the Atlantic with his wife, daughter and teenage grandson, plans to join fellow veterans and paratroopers at the ceremony.
Huebner's son, Roger Huebner of DeLand, said Thursday that he heard from his father this week.
"He was doing great," Roger Huebner said. "He's really enjoying himself."
The elder Huebner had already visited the Netherlands and Belgium and this week planned to stay in northern France.
"It's really quite a experience for him," Roger Huebner said.
The visit marks Huebner's fifth trip to France since the war ended.
In a story last month in the Orlando Sentinel, Huebner recalled how numerous Allied soldiers were shot as they landed: "Some of them got caught up in the trees, and the Germans shot at them. 'Pow, pow, pow.' Like that."
Recent research by the U.S. National D-Day Memorial Foundation placed the number of American D-Day fatalities at 2,499 and those from other Allied nations at 1,915.
Sentinel staff report
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