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Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Blowing a Path Through Omaha Beach: BM1 Nelson Dubroc

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Robert Kirk

History

4.6675 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Boatswain's Mate First Class Nelson Dubroc served in the Normandy Invasion with a Naval Combat Demolition Unit (NCDU) when he was just 18 years old. It was their job to destroy obstacles with explosives in order to clear the way for the rest of the invasion.  In this interview, Dubroc recounts the chaos of D-Day.  To hear more from Dubroc, check out his interview with the Veterans History Project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.5

I'm Ken Harbaugh, host of Warriors in their own words. In partnership with the Honor Project, we've brought this podcast back at a time when our nation needs these stories more than ever.

1:08.8

Warriors in their own words is our attempt to present an unvarnished, unsanitized truth of what we have asked of those who defend this nation.

1:13.6

Thank you for listening, and by doing so honoring those who have served. Today, we'll hear from Boson's Mate, first class, Nelson Dubrock.

1:18.4

Dubrock served in the Normandy invasion with a naval combat demolition unit.

1:22.8

It was their job to destroy obstacles with explosives in order to clear the way for the rest of the invasion.

1:37.3

Actually, we were drinking beer at the beer garden in Camp Perry one night.

1:41.9

And then this guy, Jake Dumas, on the way back to the barracks, he said they were having

1:49.3

a meeting and recruiting guys for demolition.

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