Recently, James Gabaree returned to Normandy to visit the battlefield on which he nearly lost his life. Gabaree’s war was a short one: one day into the D-Day landings he was critically wounded and evacuated to the United States.
Gabaree said a return visit to Omaha Beach brought him comfort. “We had a picnic and everybody was having a good time, and I went into the woods and I had a little cry for myself,” said Gabaree. “That kind of did the trick. It was kind of like closure.”
