[dp0622]

I don’t know if we weren’t decimated!!

But our men had the numbers and perseverance to win the day.

But I heard an American guy who was there speak on the TV yesterday and he was brutally honest.

He said he had no choice but to go, he couldn’t swim and it was a massacre at the start.

12 guys out of his division lived.

He had a Spanish name and maybe his statements weren’t the most patriotic but I wouldn’t have wanted to be there!

And so many guys died just SINKING to the bottom because they were dropped too early in too deep water with all that gear!!

What a ####ing nightmare SMH

Poor kids. And most of them were what I consider now to be kids.

Rips the heart out.

[luv2ski]

We suffered terrible losses to be sure but if they had had aircraft, they could have strafed the beach and killed all of our guys. As it was, we were able to get across the beach and scale the cliffs to their bunkers. Obviously, casualties were extremely high but in the end, we prevailed.

I think I have watched "The Longest Day" 10 times and consider it to be the best representation of what happened that day.

[PIF]

4000 dead before the beach was secure. Were that today the press would be demanding withdrawal and surrender.

Lots of comments like:
We don’t belong there!
What American interests do our troops need to die for in Europe?
Get out now!
The price is too high.
We need to defend America first.
ETC