I lost a great uncle at Omaha Beach. First wave in.
Had several other family members that survived D Day but not without some degree of sacrifice.
My Great Grandma's second husband was wheel chair bound as a result of machine gun fire. He passed when I was 5 or 6 a result of war wounds.
I was a visitor at the local Veteran's Home for about 15 years and had made many friends there mostly WWII and Korean War Vets.
The ones I visited the most and had a close friendship to have all went on to join their Brothers-In_arms now and it finally wore on me so much that I had to stop going.