'Band of Brothers' honored on D-Day anniversary

AP via Yahoo News ^ | 6/6/12

[Kartographer]

A statue in the likeness of a Pennsylvania native whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the World War II book and television miniseries "Band of Brothers" is being unveiled near the beaches where the D-Day invasion of France began in 1944.

The 12-foot (3.6-meter) tall bronze statue in the Normandy village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont shows Maj. Dick Winters with his weapon at the ready, evoking the massive Allied operation that paved the way for the end of the war.

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[dfwgator]

From the Life Magazine website, rare color photos from Before and After D-Day

http://life.time.com/history/d-day-rare-color-photos/#1

[kidd]

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[MasterGunner01]

During the Battle of Saipan, a Marine lieutenant leading his platoon got separated from the main body of men and got pinned down.

A Japanese NCO charged him, brandishing a samurai sword with the intention of turning him into sushi. The Marine officer emptied 15 rounds from his carbine into the charging Japanese soldier, but it barely slowed him down. The lieutenant screamed to his fellow Marines: “Somebody SHOOT this guy!”

One of his sergeants squeezed of a shot from his M1 Garand rifle and the Japanese dropped like a stone.

Moral: If you shoot your enemy with a .30 carbine, you'll make him madder. If you shoot him with a .30 M1 Garand, you'll make him dead.