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Ray Lambert, D-Day survivor, WWII torch bearer, dies at 100 The physician, who accompanied Lambert to France in June 2019, said the veteran succumbed to an aggressive form of facial cancer and congestive heart failure. Author: ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer Published: 7:06 AM EDT April 10, 2021 Updated: 7:06 AM EDT April 10, 2021 WASHINGTON — Ray Lambert, the Army medic who survived multiple wounds on D-Day and was saluted by a president on the World War II battle's 75th anniversary, died on Friday. He was 100. Lambert died at his home in ...

Take a look into San Antonio’s past with vintage photos of the Japanese Tea Garden Now-lush garden was once part of the Alamo Cement quarry Tags:  View of the lily pond and pavilion in the sunken garden. Photo circa 1927-1931. (Photos courtesy UTSA Libraries Special Collections) SAN ANTONIO – The Japanese Tea Garden in San Antonio is one of the most beautiful places in the city and admission is free. The now-lush garden was originally a part of the Alamo Cement quarry before the quarry ceased operations in 1908. San Antonio Parks Foundation CEO Mary Jane Verette previously told KSAT that...

Pete: good luck with that. ray lambert, the 99-year-old world war ii survivor. dean: jillian got to sit down with ray, the amazing ray, to hear all about his life, what is he grateful for and the fateful day behind his new memoir "every man a hero." jillian, sounds great. jillian: so great to talk to him. i'm grateful and honored to tell his story. the reason ray is speaking out now and he didn't for a long time he realizes there are so few men left to tell these stories and he wants the future generations to hear it. so here is ray. >> the skies were kind of dark. the waves were splashing up....

I took a guy on out. i looked to see if i could find any place that we could protect him. jillian: rock. >> yes, i saw this look like a rock in the water. we got many behin patients behid that rock and saved them from being killed. jillian: you went back to normandyy recently to mark the 75th anniversary of that day. what was that like to be there and have the president honor you. >> ray is with us here today with his fourth purple heart and his third silver star from omaha. ray, the free world salutes you. >> it was an exciting time to think that finally after all these years i was now gettin...

Plaque on that rock. they wanted to just have ray's rock. i refused to take any part in it unless they put my men's name on it. because my men were the heroes. they were the guys working. they worked their heart out that day. i want young people today to know the history of what happened and the difficulty it is for a man to go overseas to protect his loved ones. jillian: he is so wonderful. he has a book out now. i have it here it's called "every man a hero" a memoir of d-day. a memoir at normandy. when we wouldn't wrap up he said you are not leaving until have you my favorite drink with me. ...