became involved, it was no surprise that E.T. The war that began in Europe was in the consciousness of most young men, and when the U.S.
As the son of a meat cutter with other family in the oil business, Earnest could devote his childhood to school, sports, like boxing and horses. The streets had even been paved with concrete and brick to replace the rutted dirt roads of his early childhood. He was the lead man as the bow ramp came down.īorn on December 23, 1923, Earnest Thomas Roberts’s childhood was shielded from the harshest effects of the Great Depression because an oil boom had brought prosperity to McAlester, Oklahoma. PFC Earnest “E.T.” Roberts was stoically prepared to do the job that he knew had to be done. Unable to see over the landing ramp, the men knew they were approaching hell as both the sound of artillery fire and machine guns as well as the reek of gunpowder flooded the boat.
Early morning on June 6, 1944, the hungry, sea-sick men of the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, knew the “time had come.” Aboard their LCI and now making their way to Omaha Beach where they would become part of the second assault wave ashore in the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
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