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God Bless Our Republic
I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
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Hi Everybody!
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Thank you for your D-Day observance!
My Father was scheduled to land on D-Day They were Combat Engineers. Crossing the English Channel, they developed engine trouble and had to return to England for repairs.
They finally did land on D-Day plus 5 days which is fortunate for them. I saw on the History Channel that on D-Day, combat engineers suffered 80% casualties, more than any other group.
What an amazing feat America and her Allies entered into that day. What leaders we had-Backbones of steel. Thank you WW2 Vets and Thank You to all our Heroes. BTW, there are many Europeans who have not forgotten. Please enjoy the link below.
Flotilla 4, Tare Green Sector, Utah Beach. He had an Army engineer company with bulldozers and TNT.
This picture was taken in February 1944. Looks like a VIP tour.
God bless them all. They saved us.
 D-Day, 6th Of June--1944.... never forget the price that was paid so that people could be free from tyranny! Eleven months later the monster, Hitler, was dead! |
Great thread, Kathy! Lots of hard work there and it shows! (((hugs)))
When my friend Marci’s father-in-law passed away, she stopped making his favorite dessert: pineapple salad. One day, her little boy asked why she no longer served it. She replied, “It reminds me of Papa, and it makes me sad; Papa really liked that dessert.” Her son replied in a chipper tone, “Not better than heaven!”
That little boy had the right idea. Heaven is a much better place. Remembering this can help ease our sadness when things on earth trigger memories of believing loved ones who have passed away. Our friends and family who have heavenly addresses are much happier there because:
• Heaven is God’s home. God’s followers will enjoy His presence for all eternity (Rev. 21:3-4).
• Heaven is comfortable in every way. Heaven’s residents will never be sick or upset (21:4), hungry or thirsty (7:16).
• Heaven is a beautiful place. A “clear as crystal” river will flow from God’s throne (22:1), and God Himself will give heaven its light (22:5).
Do things in this world sometimes remind you of believers who have moved on to the next world? If so, it’s comforting to think that they are now enjoying heaven—a better place by far.
Read: Revelation 21:4-11
Hi Kathy! ((HUGS!!)) Thank you!
It’s been almost eight years since my father, an infantryman with the 28th Division, passed on. The 28th was originally slated to land on D-Day, but plans changed and he didn’t land in France until the 22nd of July. What they missed in Normandy they made up for later in the Hurtgen forest and during the “Bulge”.
While he lived, WWII was more then history to me, it was right there in the man that raised me. As time takes those veterans from us, the story of that epic war is becoming books and monuments rather than living memory, and it pains me to see how little some of the young kids know about WWII.
My children and I read your first post to this thread, and I read them Ike’s letter out loud. I told them that when I was their age, WWII was “Dad’s war” to me, just like OIF is “Dad’s war” to them. It’s good for them to see something online that remembers WWII, it makes it more immediate to them than their old man talking about his old man back in the old days.
That somebody else takes the time to remember and post a thread like this means a lot to me because it makes an impression on the boys.
Thanks for posting that.
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I've never been a fan of D-Day and the Normandy beach landing.
I am enjoying some of the posts here reliving history.
Guess I just need to find more positive pieces.
Now for our local DC Metroland weather report
~ Today... Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers in the morning...
Then scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s.
Light and variable winds...
Becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
~ Tonight... Mostly cloudy.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
Still under a pile of work
but starting to see daylight.
However bossman has been on travel and is due back this afternoon.
So he'll probably be wanting to catch up on all the emails he copied me on. UGH!
Got to post and run, but please stay right where you are.
Keep the troops and their families entertained.
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Come on in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
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Excellent D-Day presentation, thanks so much!
On one morning in June...
