Local Vet Appears on PBS’s D-Day Story
On June 6, 1944, George Mullins landed on Utah Beach in Normandy as part of the Allies’ army in WWII. He was part of the largest seaborne invasion in history.
Yesterday, he was one of the veterans who appeared on PBS’s News Hour piece about D-Day. Mullins, a Southern Humboldt resident, turned 94 this April.
According to an article in the Redwood Times,
George Mullins, at 19 was one of the men who advanced on Utah Beach on D-day. Initially they met surprisingly little resistance, but then came the Dove River crossing in Normandy where they were met with a withering fusillade of fire. “My machine gun section of 13 took terrible losses. When morning came, I was the only survivor who could continue. The others were killed or seriously injured,” recalled Mullins, a member of the renowned 101st Airborne Division
George K. Mullins, a D-Day veteran who participated in the liberation of Carentan, receives a kiss on the cheek from a local reenactor during a battlefield tour in Carentan, France on June 1, 2017 during a battlefield tour. [Crop of a US Army photo of George Mullins Photo By: Airman 1st Class Alexis Schultz]
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Thank you George!
Thank you so very much for your service to our country George. I think it is fantastic that we remember and honor our military who fought so hard to win WWII. You fill me with American pride! May God continue to bless you.
Thank you to all vets for defending our freedom.
George is not only a great soldier, he is a great human being. He is a local treasure.
Spot on and a great friend…
George, thank you for your service, being a patriot and everything you’ve done for SoHum.
💜 George!
Looking good George…I know you’re enjoying yourself in France this week…Here’s a Slow Hand Salute to my friend George and the Greatest Generation…
Stop thanking veterans and simply honor their service by being better citizens and taking good care of the country they sacrificed to keep for you.
No, NEVER stop thanking these Veterans! To do so would remove all remembrances of what they went through and suffered and how they protected our Great Country. Then do what the rest of your emotional statement says. They are the greatest and we should never forget!
Don’t need to stop thanking them to be better citizens! Let’s all pitch in to make life better for all of us, AND thank the veterans who fought and died for our opportunity to do so!
“Just don’t let it happen again” George closes the story. I look forward to reading the book.
I love you,and want to hug you.
Great job George so glad You have been my friend.
Thank you great uncle George.
Thank you George and to all the men and women for your service. Rock stars indeed!
Kudos to PBS for this upstanding video.
To George and the troops. ABC did a great job of covering the ceremony, if you’re interested. https://www.pscp.tv/w/1gqxvVRQYwpxB?t=21m12s
To all the families and loved ones of the fallen heroes, be assured that they were looked over by the French communities as if those young boys (& girls) were their own. They hold tremendous love, pride and appreciation for those who fought to liberate them from the Nazi’s.
Don’t ever let this (evil war) happen again. Agreed.
Thank you!!