Mrs. Levaufre, as quoted in We Were at Normandy (2008)
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Henri is slow to begin but you cannot stop him once he does begin.
— Mrs. Levaufre
What It Means
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About Henri Levaufre
Henri Levaufre (March 29, 1931 – February 22, 2019) was a retired electrical engineer and award-winning authority on the battles following the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. Levaufre is the author of We were at Normandy (2008) and has devoted his life to memorializing American soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the liberation. He has spent decades individually researching the subject and has collected artifacts from these battlefields during oversight of the design, survey and installation of electrical power lines in situ. Levaufre, with his son Christian, serve as officers of the 90th Division Association in the capacity of French historians. Henri and his association, “Normandy 44-90th US Infantry Division” are responsible for the Four Braves memorial that is erected in the town square of Périers, Normandy. The life-size statues are of the following four American GIs who were killed during the Normandy invasion: Tullio Micaloni, 9 April 1913 – 26 July 1944; Richard Edmund Richtman, 26 Nov 1924 – 26 July 1944; Andrew Jackson Speese III, 10 Aug 1912 – 6 July 1944; Virgil John Tangborn, 23 May 1920 – 14 June 1944.
About Henri Levaufre
Henri Levaufre (March 29, 1931 – February 22, 2019) was a retired electrical engineer and award-winning authority on the battles following the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. Levaufre is the author of We were at Normandy (2008) and has devoted his life to memorializing American soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the liberation. He has spent decades individually researching the subject and has collected artifacts from these battlefields during oversight of the design, survey and installation of electrical power lines in situ. Levaufre, with his son Christian, serve as officers of the 90th Division Association in the capacity of French historians. Henri and his association, “Normandy 44-90th US Infantry Division” are responsible for the Four Braves memorial that is erected in the town square of Périers, Normandy. The life-size statues are of the following four American GIs who were killed during the Normandy invasion: Tullio Micaloni, 9 April 1913 – 26 July 1944; Richard Edmund Richtman, 26 Nov 1924 – 26 July 1944; Andrew Jackson Speese III, 10 Aug 1912 – 6 July 1944; Virgil John Tangborn, 23 May 1920 – 14 June 1944.
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