Norman Leroy Tedder Sr. Memorial Road

Posted on March 1, 2023

Family and friends of the late World War II veteran Norman Leroy Tedder Sr. joined local officials Friday morning for a ceremony during which the county dedicated a portion of County Road 14 in his honor. The event was held at Econfina State Park. Tedder was among the more than 160,000 Allied troops who landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified coastline on “D-Day,” June 6, 1944 to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France in what Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called a crusade in which, “we will accept nothing less than full victory.”

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