Les Mabie, farmer and WWII hero
Wisconsin State Farmer
Les Mabie longtime Jersey dairyman and unsung World War II hero.
John Oncken
Les Mabie was one of the 380 member the 294th Joint Assault Signal Company (JASCO). Only 80 survived unharmed the Omaha Beach assault on D-Day.
John Oncken
Les and Jeanette Mabie were the last dairy producers on Highway 138 between Stoughton and Oregon selling their cows in 1992.
John Oncken
Mabie came home on the Queen Mary but not in a private stateroom. The ship is permentally docked at Long Beach, CA as a tourist attraction.
John Oncken
The Mabie Dairy, just west of Stoughton, was always a scenic attraction from Highway 138. The farm is now gone with a shopping center replacing it.
John Oncken
Mabie’s D-Day certificate.
John Oncken
An Army Signal Corps photo of a Higgins boat just after the ramp went down. Les Mabie clambered over the side to escape enemy fire before the door was opened.
Army Signal Corps
Les Mabie said the hill on Highway 59 leading east out of Edgerton always reminded him of the hill they had to clear of German guns to leave Omaha Beach.
John Oncken