On The Beaches of Normandy - June 6, 1944 - D-Day
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These soldiers saved the world. Heroes.
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on June 6, 1944 landing on the Nazi-occupied Normandy shore.
Several ceremonies are scheduled Sunday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and western Europe from Nazi control, and honor those who fell.
On D-Day, more than 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches code-named Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword and Gold, carried by 7,000 boats. This year on June 6, the beaches stood vast and empty as the sun rose, exactly 77 years since the dawn invasion.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: long live the dead
heroes
huge sacrifice
ty all
Which side would Trump be on?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha
^^^The side that made him the
^^^The side that made him the most profit, maybe?
There's not a "sucker" or "loser" among them. Fallen warriors who gave all against the impossible odds they KNEW they faced.
I can't even imagine being in one of those boats on the way to combat.
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The original Anti-Fascists.
The original Anti-Fascists.
Lucky for democracy Eisenhower didn't have to use the "If DDay failed" letter he had in reserve.
Recent events show all too clearly that evil is never far away.
I am with you, George Orwell.
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One man's story. https://www
One man's story. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he-might-not-remember-todays-breakfast...
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bryen would have been up on
bryen would have been up on one of those bluffs shooting at American soldiers with his buddies.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
God bless all our combat vets
God bless all our combat vets, especially the D Day boys !!!
Just wished we had gone in sooner and not allowed Russia to take over all of eastern Europe. They had been in the shit since 41 and felt entitled to it,,, Putin still feels that way and wants it all back. Patton was soooooooo right about kicking their commie asses and marching right into red square.
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And God bless the donut
And God bless the donut dollies !
How to Make the Doughnut That Followed US Troops from World War I to D-Day and Beyond
https://www.military.com/history/how-make-doughnut-followed-us-troops-wo...
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>>>>>Just wished we had gone
>>>>>Just wished we had gone in sooner and not allowed Russia to take over all of eastern Europe.
and liberated the death camps sooner.
My Dad was there at D + 3 - he was in an AAA unit. Went through the Battle of the Bulge and on to Berlin. Much respect to him and all the other anti-fascists.
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^ Much Respect !
^ Much Respect !
All the way to Berlin,, damm. Did he rub elbows with any Rooskies ?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
Apparently he did, in various
Apparently he did, in various bars. His Russian wasn't very good, though, so I don't know how much interaction there was.
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Surfdead, I hope that your
Surfdead, I hope that your Dad wasn't too messed up from his experiences over there. I've had conversations with a couple of veterans who shared some of their stories of The Bulge and it was absolutely horrible (we all know that, but I could see it in their eyes).
Much respect.
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Funny, I just watched Band of
Funny, I just watched Band of Brothers again this past week, such a good series. Didn't realize the relevance of the dates.
As always, it was all young boys, on all sides, killing each other brutally.
And all for bunches of baloney, sitting on high.
My father was in the Pacific. He would never talk about it. Ever.
And he loved to talk.
War is madness.
And the young ones are always the ones who pay.
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The ones who call the shots
The ones who call the shots won't be among the dead and lame
And on each end of the rifle, we're the same.
- John McCutcheon "Christmas In The Trenches"
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The Greatest Generation have almost all boarded the wooden ships to the other side. The last of the Soviet soldiers to liberate Auschwitz just passed on this weekend. What these people sacrificed and accomplished to defeat fascism will be remembered for many generations after they are gone.
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My Dad was there at D +14 and
My Dad was there at D +14 and fought all the way through Europe including Battle of the Bulge with the 28th Infantry Division. Was in process of getting shipped to Pacific theater when war ended. Went to France with the fam in 2019 and toured Normandy. Beyond words for me. The National Cemetery was both beautiful and haunting. Hallowed ground, all of it including the beaches. He never talked much about it. Thought it was cool when I was a kid and wasn't until I was older that I recognized the horrors of war and the things he must have seen. God bless them all.
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I was a military historian at
I was a military historian at age 8 -11.
Then I realized how real it was and lost my taste for the history.
Dave, where was that surf pic taken?
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That's off Utah Beach in
That's off Utah Beach in Normandy, Surf. Apparently one of the better places to surf in Europe.
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Actually it's on the English
Actually it's on the English Channel - usually no swell there. But it sure looks good on that day.