Day 3 of Orientation/Training at the National D-Day Memorial–2hrs of classroom training followed up by walking the monument training with our Trainer Bob Garst who is phenomenal both me and Joelle pictured with her back to my camera in photo 2 are blessed to work with Bob his knowledge of the Bedford Boys, D-Day and World War II is beyond measure– We still like him even though he gave us 2 must read books neither one under 300 pages due by next Saturday plus 2 videos. Me and Joelle come from rival schools me from Roanoke and she from Virginia Tech doesn’t help that she is Army and I’m Air Force, but I think we may put those differences to the side and try to survive this internship since it’s only the two of us. It may snow tomorrow here in the Roanoke Valley so we won’t have class or have to do tours the museum might be closed–I hope so this way I get a week to work this assignment. The 5th picture is Bob and Gerald two of my trainers at the museum–Gerald’s father recently passed he was one of the survivors of the D-Day landing in France, we are losing so many WWII Veterans I am hoping that at least one will come to the museum so I can get some knowledge from them as well. Our oldest Vet who does tours is Richard a sprite young man of 90 years old he was too young for WWII, but he did fight both in Korea and Vietnam and has a ton of energy for a man his age. Last is a picture of General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower also the 34th President of the United States his statue sits at the center of the garden surrounded by his 6 subordinate commanders of the D-Day/Operation Overlord campaign. I will get a better picture of the Garden next time–that’s all for now from the tiny town of Bedford.