Often in studies of the Second World War, and events like the Battle of Normandy, the sheer scope of the conflict prevents us from digging deeper. Figures of those wounded, captured, or killed become simply that: numbers, and we are unable to connect names to stories. It requires more than a momentary pause to truly understand the depth contained in such short fragments. These numbers represent individual men, many of them just boys, with names, hometowns, childhood memories, and rich, full lives that they led before volunteering for service and, out of a sense of duty and respo