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1931–2019 France

Henri Levaufre (March 29, 1931 – February 22, 2019) was a retired electrical engineer and award-winning authority on the battles following the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. Levaufre is the author of We were at Normandy (2008) and has devoted his life to memorializing American soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the liberation.

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It's not easy to talk reasonably with a potentially insane enemy.

We Were at Normandy (2008)

My affinities would classify me as slightly to the center-right. However, I occasionally prefer a good man from the left to an idiot of the right, and there are some.

We Were at Normandy (2008)

I am sorry for politicians who have to obey the rules of one party. I am affiliated with none.

We Were at Normandy (2008)

Who am I to blame for all this? ...The guilty one is the crazy person who decided to begin a war when all may not have been done to avoid it.

We Were at Normandy (2008)

Don't worry about me. I am normal. I have somehow improved with the years.

We Were at Normandy (2008)

When I go to a military cemetery... I pray for them and their families, but I mainly feel hatred for the war that froze their young bodies in time.

We Were at Normandy (2008)

All benefits of the sales of the American version of this book that I wrote... will be for the 90th Division Veterans Association, now and forever.

We Were at Normandy (2008)

Over the years, tens of thousands of veterans came back to Normandy. Several hundred of them honored us by accepting our hospitality. From them I learned much of what I know.

We Were at Normandy (2008)

Each witness to history who leaves us takes with him a page... even if my page is small it is important for the future and for the knowledge of, at the very least, my own descendants.

We Were at Normandy (2008)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Henri Levaufre (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.