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CUMBERLAND — The Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization will hold its annual Memorial Day ceremony May 26 at 2 p.m. at its Union Soldiers Civil War Monument in Sumner Cemetery on
Stephen Ambrose, author of more than 30 books including New York Times bestseller “Band of Brothers,” said Lt. Robert “Bob” Mathias “was the first American officer killed by German fire on D-Day” after being hit by a shell burst as he prepared to jump from a C-47 during the invasion of Nazi-held Normandy.