"As the ramp dropped, I looked over to my right and saw a soldier drowning because of his equipment...that was the first guy that I saved.
As I crawled through the sand, a bullet shattered my right arm. There was nothing to do but go forward or die. Despite my wounds and the chaos, I kept moving from soldier to soldier, trying to save as many men as I could.
Then suddenly, something massive hit my leg, opening it down to the bone. I put a tourniquet on, shot myself with morphine, and tried to tell another medic how to take over for me.
We were yelling because of all the noise and shells — you couldn't hear anything...and then a bullet went right through the medic's head.
I was bleeding very badly and getting weaker, but I saw a guy’s arms up in the water. I realized he was in trouble and went there to get him.
As I went back, that's when a landing craft barreled up and dropped its ramp on me; crushing part of my spine. The ramp pushed me the wounded soldier underwater. That's when I asked God to give me one more chance to save this guy's life." – Sgt. Ray Lambert, 2nd Medical Bn, 16th Inf., 1st ID, Easy Red Sector, 1st Wave, Omaha Beach, Normandy, 06.06.44
Lambert would survive his wounds and the war and earned a Silver Star when he saved the lives of 15 men on DDAY. #ww2 #dday #hardcore #stayzero #zerofoxtrot