320th Barrage Balloon Battalion

"[1] A commendation by Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower cited the unit for conducting "its mission with courage and determination, and proved an important element of the air defense team".

The remaining three batteries stayed on Omaha and Utah Beaches until early October, when deteriorating weather prevented ships from landing.

[4] "By the end of October 1944, the 320th VLA Battalion was on its way back to Camp Stewart, Ga., to train for service in the Pacific Theater.

[8] He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the United States Army's second highest military decoration for soldiers who display extraordinary heroism in combat, in 2024.

[9] The VLA units used smaller barrage balloons weighing only 35 pounds (16 kg) that could easily be moved by a few men and transported across the channel on landing craft.