Alvin Donahoo, 101-year-old veteran of the Normandy invasion during WWII, was recently honored by the Lake Minnetonka Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Chapter Regent Gigi Hickey awarded Donahoo with a Quilt of Valor at the Lake Minnetonka Shores (LMS) senior residence where he lives. The presentation took place during an LMS Veterans meeting during which the group signed 200+ holiday cards for patients at the VA Medical Center.
On D-Day, Navy Lieutenant JG Donahoo was assigned to a 36-vessel flotilla as supply officer. After landing on Utah Beach, he and 15 seamen were responsible for salvaging the flotilla’s damaged landing craft and returning them to service as quickly as possible. Donahoo and his men remained on duty on Utah Beach for six months, continuously bringing ashore huge volumes of supplies needed by the Army for battles around the beachhead and then for the rapid advance across France.
Donahoo and another WWII D-Day veteran, Roger Pickering, were both recognized at the Lake Minnetonka DAR’s Veterans Day program on November 10, but Donahoo was unable to attend.
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