The Library of Congress Veterans History Project Home 
Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project
Home » Edward Duncan Cameron
 

"Landed at 6:30 PM. Water up to our necks. Our boat almost got it manuevering [sic] into shore. Plenty of hell on the beach." (Diary, June 6, 1944)
   Edward Duncan Cameron
Collection image
Edward Cameron in uniform, Swanage, England [1944]		War: World War, 1939-1945
Branch: Army
Unit: 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Service Location: Camp Croft, South Carolina; Swanage, England; Normandy, France; Belgium; Germany; Italy; European Theater
Rank: Private First Class
View Full Description

For PFC Edward Duncan Cameron, known as “Dunc” to his family, D-Day was simply the beginning of a long slog through the European Theater. A rifleman who served with the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, he arrived in France after being stationed in North Africa, Sicily, and England. Though his unit weathered significant losses during the invasion, the rigors of combat only intensified as they moved through France and Belgium toward Germany. Wounded in action in September, 1944, Cameron wrote to his father, "The last few weeks before I got hit were the roughest we had encountered and that includes the beach-head."
Photos
»Photo Album  (1 photo)
Official Documents
»View List (4 items)
Personal Correspondence
»View List (42 items)
Diaries
»View List (2 items)
Other Materials
»Original poem by Edward Duncan Cameron, "D-Day"
More like this
»D-Day: 75th Anniversary
Official Documents (4 items)
Telegram informing Cameron's parents of his wounding [10/7/1944] Letter informing Cameron's mother of his improvement after being wounded and treated Training certificate [5/29/1943]
Enlisted record and report of separation, including Honorable Discharge  
  
Personal Correspondence (42 items)
Letter to "Muzz" from Edward Cameron [3/11/1943] Letter to "Muzz" from Edward Cameron [3/14/1943] Letter to "Muzz" from Edward Cameron [n.d.]
Letter to "Muzz" from Edward Cameron [6/7/1943] Letter to Dad from Edward Cameron [6/28/1943] Letter to "Muzz" from Edward Cameron [7/1943]
V-Mail to Mother and Dad [7/1943] Letter to "Muzz" from Edward Cameron [7/23/1943] Letter to "Betts" from Edward Cameron [7/25/1943]
V-Mail to "Muzz" [8/7/1943] Letter to Dad from Edward Cameron [8/8/1943] Letter to sister from Edward Cameron [8/25/1943]
V-Mail to "Muzz" [8/25/1943] V-Mail to "Muzz" and Dad [8/18/1943] V-Mail to "Muzz" [8/24/1943]
Photocopy of a V-Mail to "Muzz" [8/25/1943] V-Mail to "Muzz" and Dad [8/28/1943] Letter to "Muzz" and Dad [9/5/1943]
V-Mail to "Muzz" and Dad [9/10/1943] Photocopy of a letter to "Betts" [9/10/1943 V-Mail to "Muzz" and Dad [9/1/1943]
V-Mail to "Muzz" and Dad [9/17/1943] V-Mail to "Muzz" and Dad [9/26/1943] V-Mail to "Muzz" [9/27/1943]
V-Mail to "Muzz" [9/27/1943] V-Mail to "Muzz" [10/3/1943] V-Mail to "Muzz" and Dad [11/11/1943]
V-Mail to "Muzz" [11/10/1943] V-Mail to "Muzz" [11/11/1943] V-Mail to "Muzz" [11/13/1943]
V-Mail to "Muzz" and Dad [11/15/1943] V-Mail to "Muzz" [11/17/1943] Letter to "Muzz" and Dad [11/28/1943]
Letter to "Muzz" and Dad [12/26/1943] Letter to "Muzz" [1/2/1944] Letter to Dad [10/17/1944]
Photocopy of V-Mail to "Betts" [n.d.] Letter from Cameron's father to "My Dear Boy" [9/8/1944] Letter from Cameron's father to "My Dear Boy" [9/23/1944]
Letter from Cameron's father to "My Dear Boy" [9/27/1944] Letter from Cameron's father to "My Dear Boy" [10/1/1944] Mother's Day card with 26th infantry insignia [n.d.]
  
Diaries (2 items)
Handwritten diary of Edward D. Cameron Transcription of diary of Edward D. Cameron 
  
 

Home » Edward Duncan Cameron
  The Library of Congress  >> American Folklife Center
  October 26, 2011		   Legal | External Link Disclaimer Need Help?   
Contact Us