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D-Day remembered in photos: Showing the contrast from 1944 to now
KDVR ^
| June5, 2017
| Phil Rankin
Posted on 06/06/2017 9:36:47 AM PDT by Daffynition
It was the largest amphibious invasion in history, commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. More than 13,000 aircraft and 5,000 ships supported the operation.
Allied casualties on D-Day have been estimated at 10,000 killed, wounded, and missing in action: 6,603 Americans, 2,700 British, and 946 Canadians.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 19440606; dday; longestday; worldwareleven
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To: CGASMIA68
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posted on
06/06/2017 10:49:50 AM PDT
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Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: Spruce
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06/06/2017 10:53:30 AM PDT
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Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: CGASMIA68
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06/06/2017 11:01:53 AM PDT
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Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: Daffynition
Knew a guy named Dan Furlong that jumped on D-day and Market-Garden. Was shot up badly in Holland, but survived and live to 92-3. I found he was mentioned in a Stephan Ambrose book on D-Day and I showed it to his son. It was about being told not to load his gun on the jump, being surrounded, and knifing a German soldier. The son never heard the story mentioned in the book. Dan was a good man. Most of these guys are gone now.
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06/06/2017 11:23:43 AM PDT
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zek157
To: Daffynition
Knew a guy named Dan Furlong that jumped on D-day and Market-Garden. Was shot up badly in Holland, but survived and live to 92-3. I found he was mentioned in a Stephan Ambrose book on D-Day and I showed it to his son. It was about being told not to load his gun on the jump, being surrounded, and knifing a German soldier. The son never heard the story mentioned in the book. Dan was a good man. Most of these guys are gone now.
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06/06/2017 11:23:48 AM PDT
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zek157
To: Daffynition
bump for later. Thanks for posting that.
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06/06/2017 11:26:26 AM PDT
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Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: wbill
From Ike to Obama,how far we fell.
To: zek157
Earl Solomon was a good friend of my Dad's back in the 70's and 80's. Earl was an infantryman who came ashore in France after the initial invasion by a few days.
Earl was lucky enough to shoot a German soldier in the head while the German was taking a piss on a tree. Earl later went on to kill many more Germans before he finally made it to Berlin. He was matter of fact about it and I seriously doubt he ever lost a minutes sleep over it his entire life. Very nice guy.
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06/06/2017 11:37:39 AM PDT
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atc23
(The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
To: Spruce
In the mid-1990’s I sat near a man who was on a ship waiting to invade Japan. He cried when someone questioned the bombing of Hiroshima. They were saying he should have died.
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06/06/2017 11:52:30 AM PDT
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IAGeezer912
(One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
To: Skooz
You're welcome. Lots of listening at that site. :)
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06/06/2017 12:31:26 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: SkyDancer
JAG’s at the request of Pentagon.
To: Spruce
I love that story! Thank you for sharing.
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06/06/2017 12:38:01 PM PDT
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MayflowerMadam
("Negative people make healthy people sick." - Roger Ailes)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/06/2017 2:18:18 PM PDT
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Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Daffynition
Stunning. Thank you for this thread.
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posted on
06/07/2017 9:36:58 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(Put Reality Loser and Hillary Clinton in the same cell)
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