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Abigail Spanberger: “19 young men from the town of Bedford landed on the beaches…”

Featuring: Abigail Spanberger, Democratic | Governor of Virginia

Gov. Spanberger honors fallen service members at Memorial Day event

Published May 25, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:07

In the Second World War, Virginia sent her sons and daughters to North Africa, to Poland, to the Philippines, and of course, to Normandy. It was in Normandy that 19 young men from the town of Bedford landed on the beaches of Normandy on D Day, June 6, 1944, and perished there. Four more from Bedford died in the Normandy campaign. It was a Virginia community that felt that suffered the highest per capita loss in that quest to free Europe. (03:07–03:19)

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Asserts that 19 men from Bedford, Virginia, died on D-Day.

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