Omaha war cemetry

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My brother's godfather, James Beatty, was an American soldier stationed in Bodmin prior to D day. Nothing was heard from him after the war so he was presumed "killed in action". On a trip to France in 1989 my wife and I visited the immaculate American War Cemetery in Saint Laurent sur Mer, overlooking Omaha beach, where there is a register and steles (stone crosses) of 9386 soldiers. We found a likely James Beatty listed, in row F on the far side of the 172 acre site, but when we arrived at the stone I realised we must have misread the location as it was not that of James Beatty. Inscribed on the stone was the name of a soldier with the surname MASON, which sent shivers down my spine. My surname is MASON!!! p.s. Many years later we discovered that he had not been killed, but returned safely to Philadelphia.
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:19:57 +0000Coincidence ID:4033