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4 unusual facts about Juno Beach


Battle of Prestonpans

The tune is still played by some Scottish regiments for Reveille and was also played as the 51st (Highland) Division disembarked on Juno Beach in Normandy on June 6th 1944.

Don C. Laubman

After witnessing an impassioned speech given by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 412 crossed the English Channel on 6 June 1944, covering the landings on Juno Beach.

Elmer Angsman

Angsman owned various companies after commentating finding success in paper manufacturing and eventually retiring to Juno Beach, Florida.

Spencer Reece

Spencer Reece is a poet who lives in Juno Beach, Florida.


22nd Dragoons

As such, the regiment came ashore in the first wave of the Operation Overlord landings on the morning of 6 June 1944, with A Squadron, reinforced by two troops of C Squadron and supported by two troops of the Westminster Dragoons, landing on Sword Beach and B Squadron landing on Juno Beach.

Dick Siderowf

Siderowf still plays golf regularly, mostly at Century Country Club in Purchase, New York, where he won the club championship in 1978 in his only attempt, and at Seminole Golf Club, the renowned Donald Ross design in Juno Beach, Florida.


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