Normandy
1944
Keith Gaze Died Twice on D-Day
📍 Normandy, France
Private Keith Gaze of 12th Parachute Battalion was shot in the head on June 6, 1944. Comrades covered him with a parachute. Hours later he woke, pushed it aside, and returned to fighting. He was shot again later that day, fatal this time. A Normandy memorial reads: Died twice for his country.
Sources
6th Airborne Division records