Grave marker for William D. Swint in the
Brownsville Cemetery (Brownsville county) Lonoke, Arkansas.
William jumped with the regiment during
the Normandy assault on D-day, June 6, 1944 and was awarded the Bronze
Service Arrowhead device for his role that day.
Nicknamed "Ozark Ike", he apparently had a
mind of his own. George Kissane wrote in his memoirs, "Military
disciplinarians would have been shocked to observe PFC Swint. (Ozark Ike)
standing over a foxhole berating its cowering occupant, a lieutenant." |