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Donald E Croy 1927 - 2011

Donald E Croy of Mattoon, Coles County, IL was born on February 11, 1927, and died at age 84 years old on July 29, 2011.
Donald E Croy
Mattoon, Coles County, IL 61938
February 11, 1927
July 29, 2011
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    1927

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    February 11, 1927
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  • 07/29
    2011

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    July 29, 2011
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In 1927, in the year that Donald E Croy was born, aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.
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In 1944, at the age of 17 years old, Donald was alive when on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.
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