D-Day

[FourtySeven]

Wow that’s an amazing picture. What a scene of courage.

[matthew fuller]

Congressman McCaul’s tribute-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm6NgH3F_xg&feature=youtu.be

[Domandred]

Here is a project video made by an 8th grader some years back. I like posting it on my facebook feed on D-Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_qeCNg8fO0

[NonValueAdded]

Indeed. Blessings to all of them.

[novemberslady]

Bkmk

[rochester_veteran]

Where my Dad was at, 71 years ago today, aboard the USS Doyle on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The link to the following article, "64 Hours of Battle", was published in "Yank" magazine on June 19, 1944, and recounts the Omaha Beach landing and the action my Dad's ship took during the battle. He was only 18 years old at the time...

64 Hours of Battle

[the scotsman]

Grandfather fought in Normandy, didn’t land on D Day, but shortly afterwards. Black Watch, then Paras. Normandy to Minden.

[gop4lyf]

My maternal grandfather, my Paw-Paw, stormed the beach that day. The only thing that he would ever say about it is that he would never understand why he lived through it when so many of his buddies didn’t. He’s been gone 33 years now.

[BykrBayb]

Thank you for the thread.
Thank God, for men such as these.

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

Thank you to all of those who served on the fateful day. Also, thank you for all that have served before and since.

[NKP_Vet]

My uncle Frank was 18 years old he flew in with 82nd Airborne in those wooden gliders. A lot were shot and killed before they hit the ground. They landed a couple of miles from the target. Uncle Frank was 16 when he joined, lying about his age. After the war he wanted to stay in and make it a career but the Army tried to kick him out for “mental problems”. He spent many months in a hospital in Germany recovering and was finally allowed to stay in the Army. He retired in 1964, having served in WW2, Korea and Vietnam. He then went to work at Ft. Belvoir with the Civil Engineers and ended up retiring from the Civil Service. He never spoke of his time in the military. I was a pall-bearer at his funeral and my 1st cousin, his daughter, told me the hell he went through in the military, fighting for his country, then fighting for the job he loved. He would go AWOL from the Army hospital and MPs would come to get him. He would end up being the hell out of a couple of them before they dragged him back. I never met a finer man. RIP Uncle Frank and all the other men who saved Western Civilization. These were men with brass balls and their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

[Menehune56]

Thank you for posting this beautiful tribute to our fallen heroes whose sacrifice should never be forgotten. Here’s the background on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_of_Remembrance

[cherokee1]

My favorite VET story came from the 70 last year when A group of D-Days went back to the beach/cemetary/ PontDuHoc to remember. When the Old Trooper was coming in thru French customs the Frog ticket taker started giving the VET a ration af trash for not having his passport ready. The VET reminded the punk that there were no French ticket takers on the beach to check pasports the last time he was here-—D-Day 1944. The Frog had the remaining class to wave the guy thru without another word-——Semper Fi

[MEG33]

With Deepest Gratitude ~ Remembering DDay
June 6,1944

World War II Memorial

Normandy 1944 Guide
Roosevelt DDay Prayer
*I Owe These Heroes A Debt I Can Never Repay*

[recumbentibus]

Someone did a very good colorization of that Ike photo:

IkeDDayColor

[PROCON]

Nice, thanks for sharing!

[PROCON]

[b4its2late]

Yep. Thanks for the post. Tomorrow would be my Dad’s 95 birthday. He’s celebrating in heaven.

[gop4lyf]

Funny thing is my granddad was given the choice of joining the Army or going to jail. We never found out exactly what he did to “earn” that choice.

[recumbentibus]

Thanks. I linked because I thought it too big to post here.