Notice the Special Engineer at the table. Brigadier General Maurice Dana Tawes joined Company L, 1st Maryland Infantry in 1931 as a 17 year old Private. On D-Day, he was a Captain with the 115th Infantry at Omaha Beach. After WWII he continued to serve with the 29th Division. Brigadier general Tawes retired with 38 years service in 1969.
Few individuals enter the service as Privates and leave as generals.
Fewer, if any, served the entire time in the same unit. Add to Cart Limited Edition Reprints Superimposed photo of soldiers landing ashore, signed with certificate. Full color, two-sided map of the original used by key members of the 1st and 29th Infantry Divisions. Brigadier General Maurice Dana Tawes joined Company L, 1st Maryland Infantry in 1931 as a 17 year old Private. On D-Day, he was a Captain with the 115th Infantry at Omaha Beach.