My father, Alfred D. Sheridan, was drafted at the age of 18 on August 3rd, 1943 and went on to serve in L Company, Third Battalion, 358th Infantry of the 90th Division. His division landed on Utah Beach in Normandy on D-Day Plus 2 (June 8th, 1944). He was wounded at the Battle of Hill 122 on the Cherbourg Peninsula on July 13th, 1944. He received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star Medal for "Meritorious Achievement in Ground Operations Against The Enemy on or about July 13th, 1944." Click here to read more.

This website is dedicated to Pvt. Robert P. McNamara, and to the veterans of the 90th Infantry Division who fought in World War II. The red T-O of the division patch originally stood for Texas-Oklahoma, but the 90th soon became known as the Tough 'Ombres.