" Pvt. Felix Branham was in that boat. “Colonel Canham had a BAR and a .45 and he was leading us in,” Branham said. “There he was firing and he got his BAR shot out of his hand and he reached and he used his .45. He was the bravest guy.”23 "

― Stephen E. Ambrose , D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches