God Bless you good, Mac. *HUGS* Good night and rest well.
Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present.
Thank you for your service to our country.
Posted on 06/05/2016 5:01:26 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
Howdy, PRO.
Sounds like you’ve had a darn good weekend with both your daughter and son!
It looks like we’ll have decent weather tomorrow so I can get out to do a little weeding and such. Durn weeds have sprung up in the flower beds after the rain we’ve had.
But we’re happy we got it!
Hope your day’s a good one tomorrow.
Good picture, smokingfrog...thanks.
We did too. It was a wonderful show and I also have all the long-play albums. Marvelous music!
it’s funny how even tempered my two kitties seem to be. I’d never know that there WAS a moon! LOL!
No funnel cake! I was SO tempted, but I couldn’t even finish my grilled cheese sammich! I WILL have one though...even if I have to skip the meal and go right straight to dessert! LOL!
Indeed.
Good evening, Proud Marine Mom....happy 25th birthday to your “born on D-Day” twins.
Hope your Marine is doing well.
Some of ours are nice and laid back. I wish they were all like Cooper, who’s one of the coolest of the bunch. Doesn’t cause any problems.
And then there are others, like Moogly, Miller, and brat Lily, who love to stir things up and they’re REAL good at it. LOL!
Yeah, skipping the meal seems to be the way to eat one of those funnel cakes! They look filling.
When I get one, I’ll have to eat it there rather than bring it home. Strawberries are a must and it would be cold-hearted to eat them in front of Hubby. They tear him up but he loves them and will eat them if they’re in front of him.
Thanks, Kathy.
Good evening, Janey...((HUGS)...did you have a good family weekend? BBQ? Hiking?
Thanks, henkster, for stopping in.
God Bless you good, Mac. *HUGS* Good night and rest well.
Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present.
Thank you for your service to our country.
I feel for your hubby....they don’t like me either, but the caramel one sounds pretty yummy! :)
Hubby would be happy enough with the hot fudge since he loves anything chocolate but it would still get to him seeing me shovel the strawberries down my gullet.
Why is it we reeeeeeeeeeeeally want the things we can’t eat? LOL!
Good morning, Mayor...thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
Have a great Monday.
What Does The “D” in D-Day Mean?
This is the most frequently asked question by visitors to The National WWII Museum. Many people think they know the answer: designated day, decision day, doomsday, or even death day.
Our answer, like many answers in the field of history, is not so simple. Disagreements between military historians and etymologists about the meaning of D-Day abound. Here are just two explanations:
In Stephen Ambrose’s D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, he writes,
Time magazine reported on June 12 [1944] that “as far as the U.S. Army can determine, the first use of D for Day, H for Hour was in Field Order No. 8, of the First Army, A.E.F., issued on Sept. 20, 1918, which read, ‘The First Army will attack at H-Hour on D-Day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel salient.’” (p. 491)
In other words, the D in D-Day merely stands for Day. This coded designation was used for the day of any important invasion or military operation. For military planners (and later historians), the days before and after a D-Day were indicated using plus and minus signs: D-4 meant four days before a D-Day, while D+7 meant seven days after a D-Day.
In Paul Dickson’s War Slang, he quotes Robert Hendrickson’s Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins,
Many explanations have been given for the meaning of D-Day, June 6, 1944, the day the Allies invaded Normandy from England during World War II. The Army has said that it is “simply an alliteration, as in H-Hour.” Others say the first D in the word also stands for “day,” the term a code designation. The French maintain the D means “disembarkation,” still others say “debarkation,” and the more poetic insist D-Day is short for “day of decision.” When someone wrote to General Eisenhower in 1964 asking for an explanation, his executive assistant Brigadier General Robert Schultz answered: “General Eisenhower asked me to respond to your letter. Be advised that any amphibious operation has a ‘departed date’; therefore the shortened term ‘D-Day’ is used.” (p.146)
Brigadier General Schultz reminds us that the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 was not the only D-Day of World War II. Every amphibious assault—including those in the Pacific, in North Africa, and in Sicily and Italy—had its own D-Day.
The National WWII Museum’s exhibitions explore the history of the D-Day invasion of Normandy and the D-Day invasions in the Pacific. Expansion plans are currently underway to triple the size of the Museum in the coming years.
The National WWII Museum
945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
www.nationalww2museum.org
Good evening, Pro...a day that needs to be remembered.
Ah...temptation! The devil’s ploy! LOL!
Gotta get some sleep...see ya next time! :)
Indeed! And sooooo much temptation there. It’s all good!
Good night and sleep well. Have a good Monday!
Thanks, Biggirl, for helping honor our troops.
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