The Man Who Inspired Saving Private Ryan's Gnarliest Moments

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The episode discusses Staff Sergeant Ray Lambert's harrowing experience as a medic on D-Day at Omaha Beach.

Staff Sergeant Ray Lambert hit Dog Green Sector of Omaha Beach with the first wave on D-Day. He was a medic. His job was to save, not kill. But that fact did not prevent him from taking an absolute BEATING on the beach that day. Despite multiple horrific wounds throughout the morning, he never stopped treating wounded soldiers. He might have had the most brutal day of anyone on Omaha Beach who didn't die or lose a limb. Still, he never stopped saving lives. Not even when his own side accidentally tried to drown him. Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Softcore History Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes. Check out Praesidus Watch Co.'s new A-11 LMUV watch series that commemorates D-Day's 82nd anniversary, made from steel from a real Willys MB. That AND the A-11 Utah Beach series, made with real sand from Utah Beach. -- https://praesidus.com/pages/dday-82 Get 10% off ZIppix Toothpicks with code SOFTCORE at https://zippixtoothpicks.com/discount/SOFTCORE Rob Fox⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

People in this episode

Hosts: Rob Fox, Dan Regester

Topics covered

• D-Day
• Omaha Beach
• medics
• World War II
• heroism
• military history

Keywords

• D-Day
• Omaha Beach
• Ray Lambert
• medic
• World War II
• heroism
• military history

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