John Robert Slaughter enlisted in the Virginia National Guard well before Pearl Harbor in early 1941 at the age of sixteen.
Bob Slaughter lives in Roanoke, Virginia..
On June 6, 2001, the National D-Day Memorial was dedicated.
Active in veteran affairs for many years, Slaughter then began to work for the creation of a memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of the American soldiers at Normandy.
A veteran jopurnalist, he retired from the Roanoke Times in 1987.
John Robert Slaughter enlisted in the Virginia National Guard well before Pearl Harbor in early 1941 at the age of sixteen.
He lives in Bennington, Vermont.
Bob Slaughter lives in Roanoke, Virginia.
Alex Kershaw is author of the widely acclaimed World War II histories The Bedford Boys: One American Town\'s Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice, The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II\'s Most Decorated Platoon, and The Few: the American Knights of the Air Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain.
On June 6, 2001, the National D-Day Memorial was dedicated.
Upon his retirement from the Roanoke Times in 1987, Slaughter, who had become active in veterans affairs over the years, started to work on the creation of a memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of the American soldiers at Normandy.
Just twenty at the end of the war, in 1947 he married and settled in Roanoke, Virginia.
John Robert Slaughter enlisted in the Virginia National Guard well before Pearl Harbor in early 1941 at the age of sixteen
