Franz gockel autobiography

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          German machine gunner Franz Gockel

          Franz Gockel (* December 30, 1925 in Niederense (Ense); † November 22, 2005 in Rhynern) was a German roofer.

          Franz Gockel was a German soldier of the th Infantry Regiment and MG gunner in Widerstandnest 62, on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

        1. Franz Gockel was a German soldier of the th Infantry Regiment and MG gunner in Widerstandnest 62, on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
        2. Franz Gockel is known for Normandy: The Great Crusade (), D-Day to Berlin () and D-Day ().
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        4. Franz married Maria Josefa Gockel (born Korte) on month day , at age 28 in marriage place.
        5. WN 62 is a very human first person account of war.

          6. As a soldier in the Wehrmacht, he survived D-Day. He dedicated his life to the reconciliation of former wartime enemies.

          Life:

          Gockel, whose father was also named Franz Gockel, was the eldest son of a family of roofers with seven children.

          He was apprenticed as a roofer in Rhynern at the age of 14 and was drafted in 1943. After a stay in a training camp, he was transferred to Normandy.

          Registered.

          Gockel was a machine gunner with Infantry Regiment 726 of the 716th Infantry Division on the stretch of beach called Omaha Beach by the Allies when Operation Overlord (Operation Neptune) took place. Resistance Nest 62 was located on the border between the Easy Red and Fox Green sections off Colleville-sur-Mer.

          Along with Gockel, there were two other German soldiers there, Hans Warnecke and Heinrich Severloh, who survived the Normandy invasion and sho