June 6, 1944

    This day has a particular and solemn observance in our home.
My father, Major Millard Robert Buckley, M.D. of Richmond, Virginia,
was the Regimental Surgeon for the 116th Infantry, 29th Division,
and as such participated in the first hour of D-Day on Omaha Beach in Normandy.
For his actions that day, he was awarded a Bronze Star.
Had he reported a fuller account of his activities, he would no doubt have received a Silver Star.
He was of the firm belief, however, that medals were for heroes, and the heroes were all dead.
 He died suddenly, unexpectedly, and peacefully at home in Newport News, Virginia
of a massive coronary thrombosis on Monday, April 25, 1960 at the age of 52-1/2.
My mother always said he was killed in the war. It just took him 25 years to die.

	This photograph represents a miraculous find I made on the Internet. The man kneeling on the right, tending the wounded soldier on Omaha Beach, is actually my father! My sister and I were able to recognize him by his cheeks, his stance, his hands, and his boots (which my fourth son, Joshua, still owns).
6 June 1944		18 Oct 1963