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WILLIAM D. SWINT

(courtesy of "Heather")

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."

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