UK Soldiers Remembered

Following the Normandy invasion, the 1944 Kentucky Alumnus Magazine reported on the experiences of two former UK students.

 Lieutenant James Lee Garrison, a former UK student from Lexington, landed with the American forces in France.  He was shot in the right side of his chest six days after going ashore and evacuated to England for hospitalization.

Lieutenant Warner Broughman, 1940 UK graduate, was a member of the Army's 101st Airborne Division. His unit of paratroopers were the first to parachute into France during the invasion of France.  He fought for six days behind enemy lines before being wounded and he, too, was eventually evacuated to England.

R.O.T.C. Unite, 1940
Cadet Captain Broughman first row, far left

As reported in the Kentucky Alumnus Magazine, "At the hospital in England Lieutenant Broughman was proud of his company and glad to tell its story, but had little to say about his part in the landing and the fight which followed.  'Our division accomplished its mission and my company did its stuff.  The mission was tough.'"