"The Bedford Boys"

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The writer of this paper examines Alex Kershaw's book "The Bedford Boys" which depicts an ordinary, poor Virginia town that was decimated of some of its best and brightest young men by the necessities of the D-Day onslaught on Omaha Beach. This paper describes the plot and main characters in the novel. Kershaw's book provides the reader with a powerful testimony to the ability of individuals to be led and to make great sacrifices for a common goal.

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"Despite the smallness of Bedford, Virginia, it is unlikely that some of the departed would have known one another very well, except by sight, had they not fought together. The town of Bedford, a small, Southern Blue ridge mountain town boasted a population of only 3000. But, before the war, it had heavily demarcated class divisions between rich and poor, and farmer and town-dweller. In the town, before the declaration of World War II, jobs for working class people were extremely scarce. Most of the men of the town joined the National Guard in hopes of making some small income and were happy to earn the dollar a day they were given for the periods they trained during the year."

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