Jake Larson

Jake Larson was born in Hope, Minnesota, and enlisted in the National Guard at age 15 years old, lying about his age. 

When he landed on Omaha Beach, he found himself under a hailstorm of German firepower, and, eventually, pinned down by enemy machine guns. Larson fought along with his unit across France and witnessed the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge when German paratroopers landed near his station. 

Courtesy of Memoirs of WWII