Visiting The Graves Of Connecticut Soldiers Who Died In WWII

The headstone for George Jarvis, a Connecticut soldier who died in World War II.

The headstone for George Jarvis, a Connecticut soldier who died in World War II.

The team from Central State Connecticut University covering the 70th Anniversary of D-Day has arrived and are visiting the Normandy Cemetery, where they are visiting the graves of Connecticut soldiers who died during World War II and are are buried there. These photos were taken from the @ccsuatdday70 Twitter feed, which can be followed on this page, or on Twitter. 

So far, they have visited the graves of

According to the ABMC, the Purple Heart is “awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who after 5 April 1917 have been wounded or killed in action against an enemy of the United States or an opposing armed force, while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict, as the result of acts of enemy or hostile opposing forces, as a result of terrorist attacks or attacks on peacekeeping forces since 28 March 1973, or by friendly fire in circumstance as described above.”
Vivian Martin, a CCSU professor, head of the CCSU journalism department, and the project director for the CCSU D-Day 70 trip, said “It’s a really sobering experience to see all those grave markers of men who died on the beaches.”

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