{"id":226,"date":"2023-02-13T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T15:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2025-12-25T22:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T21:18:39","slug":"charles-shay-medic-on-omaha-beach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/charles-shay-medic-on-omaha-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Shay: Medic on Omaha beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Charles Shay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Charles_Shay_at_Omaha_Beach.png\" alt=\"Charles Shay\" class=\"wp-image-235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Charles_Shay_at_Omaha_Beach.png 597w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Charles_Shay_at_Omaha_Beach-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Shay medic on Omaha beach par <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/romain-br%C3%A9get-14873197\/?originalSubdomain=fr\">Romain Breget<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Charles Shay was a medic with the 1st Division on Omaha beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pulled many wounded men up the beach to safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His colleague Edward Morozewicz was&nbsp; fatally wounded.  Shay administered  morphine to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2007 the French President awarded him the Legion of Honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Charles_Shay_Indian_Memorial_on_Omaha_BeachResized-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Penobscot indian memorial\" class=\"wp-image-232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Charles_Shay_Indian_Memorial_on_Omaha_BeachResized-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Charles_Shay_Indian_Memorial_on_Omaha_BeachResized-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Charles_Shay_Indian_Memorial_on_Omaha_BeachResized-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Charles_Shay_Indian_Memorial_on_Omaha_BeachResized-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Charles_Shay_Indian_Memorial_on_Omaha_BeachResized.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This memorial to the Penobscot Indians was inaugurated in 2017. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bust of Shay was added later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Shay-Bust-837x1024.png\" alt=\"Charles Shay bust\" class=\"wp-image-236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Shay-Bust-837x1024.png 837w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Shay-Bust-245x300.png 245w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Shay-Bust-768x940.png 768w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Shay-Bust.png 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Ray Lambert, used this rock to shelter wounded men.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Unveiling_of_the_Combat_Medics_Memorial-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Medic memorial\" class=\"wp-image-234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Unveiling_of_the_Combat_Medics_Memorial-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Unveiling_of_the_Combat_Medics_Memorial-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Unveiling_of_the_Combat_Medics_Memorial-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Unveiling_of_the_Combat_Medics_Memorial-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Unveiling_of_the_Combat_Medics_Memorial-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Medics memorial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018 a plaque was added with the names of the medics on it. Charles Shay was present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He lived in Normandy during his last years and often visitsd the grave of Morozowicz. Charles died on December the 3rd 2025 at the age of 101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P6070017-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"omaha cemetery\" class=\"wp-image-237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P6070017-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P6070017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P6070017-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P6070017-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/normandy-tour-guide.com\/normandy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P6070017-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Shay Charles Shay was a medic with the 1st Division on Omaha beach. 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