Excerpt from a story about George Luz:
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Story by Lana Miller (George Luz's daughter)
England
Upon returning to his tent in Aldbourne England, after having seen a movie in on of the airfield hangars, George Luz found that all soldiers were scrambling around. They were putting charcoal on their faces to camouflage the paleness of their skin. George asked his buddies what was going on "We're going tonight!" was the answer. Luz, 23 at the time has no memory about the conversations on the plane ride from England to Normandy for no word was spoken as they flew over the English Channel on their way to Normandy, France. "We were young, didn't know where we were going and didn't know what to expect."
Normandy, France
As soon as they finally reached their objective the Germans welcomed them with Anti Aircraft fire, welcoming the Paratroopers to the Utah Beach area. "We could hear the bullets hitting the side of the plane and I was sitting pretty close to the door so I could see the tracer bullets coming up, it was so thick you almost could walk over it as it resembled a carpet of light!"
When Luz jumped out the door he instantly noticed that something was wrong. "There was not a soul with me. I was all alone!" Normally everyone should have been relatively close to each other as they were used to talk to each other on the way down. When George hit the ground he looked for his buddies but there was nobody there. George ran to a hedgerow to find some cover and to look up to see what was happening and where his buddies were. . . .