May 28, 2026
Staff Sgt. Richard Hobbs on D-Day
“We bivouacked in a pretty little apple orchard a short distance from the beach. I got to use my high school French with the couple who owned the orchard and their young son.” That is the extent of the information my father, Richard H. Hobbs, shared with his children about his experiences during and after D-Day in Normandy, France. Like many who served in World War II, he simply didn’t want to talk about…
