Stillwater WWII Vet Visits French Towns His Unit Liberated

Stillwater resident Robert Webber is spending his days traveling around southern France right now.

The Stillwater Gazette reported that it's his first time visiting the area since June 5, 1944, when Allied forces invaded France on D-Day. Webber took part in the invasion with the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which executed Operation Dragoon to push the Germans out of southern France.

"I saw in one of my paratrooper magazines this trip to go back and be a part of the holiday they have every year on Aug. 15 to commemorate our jump into France," Webber said.

"I decided that now was the time to go."

"One of the people we are going to meet is a French woman who worked in the field hospital," Webber's son Bruce said.

"My dad is also going to be photographed and interviewed for their local museum."

Read on at the Stillwater Gazette.

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