Pte. Lawrence J. Hebert

Lawrence Joseph Hebert

November 27, 1920 - October 4, 2000

My father enlisted on June 16, 1941 and was discharged on January 26, 1946. He was in the first wave at Juno Beach on D-Day. That is all he would ever say. He wouldn't talk about his experiences. But, inevitably, every June 6th he would say "I know where I was (x) number of years ago." Then he would go and sit by himself in his toolshed.

He met my mother, Rose Chudley, while preparing for D-Day. The troops were gathering in Lincolnshire, England. My mother worked in the steel works in Scunthorpe. Hitler never bombed that steel works but he attacked many others.

Diana Kenney