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  • SAW 'DUNKIRK' TODAY-OBSERVATIONS

    07/23/2017 3:18:02 PM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 127 replies
    The U.S. should NEVER put itself in that position. The Brits sent their civilian boaters to save them. Destroyers and most planes were left behind to 'save England.' Make sure the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is always filled. Get the hell out of the Middle East with no more immigrints from that region. The Brits should get out of the Falklands. They have bigger fish to fry. Maybe we should al store food like the Mormons. My history teacher, retired military, said Hitler should have bombed them all on the beach. Cost him the war.
  • Haunting reminder of millions of lost in war as artists stencil 9,000 bodies onto Normandy beach

    09/25/2013 12:36:35 PM PDT · by Pharmboy · 33 replies
    London Daily Mail ^ | 9-23-13 | AARON SHARP
    British led project covered the famous coastline in poignant silhouettes A team of 500 artists and volunteers contributed the moving installation The 'fallen' were left to be washed away by the tide at the end of the day A pair of British artists have created this stunning installation of 9,000 silhouettes on a D-Day Landings beach to mark international Peace Day. The project, named, 'The Fallen' is a tribute to the civilians, German forces and Allies who lost their lives during the Operation Neptune landing on June 6, 1944. The design was the brainchild of Jamie Wardley, 33, and Andy...
  • Reports: 'Fireball' Crashes into Water Off New Jersey

    09/02/2007 11:15:59 AM PDT · by Calpernia · 13 replies · 641+ views
    1010wins ^ | Sunday, 02 September 2007
    TOMS RIVER (1010 WINS) -- A fiery streak across the sky got the attention of the Coast Guard Saturday night, after the reported fireball crashed into the waters off the Jersey Shore. Concerned calls started coming in from South Carolina to Long Island about 9 p.m. Coast Guard boats were searching near the site of the reported impact, off Normandy Beach in Toms River, about 10 miles off shore. No debris has been found in the water. The Toms River Fire Department says it also got some calls and there were at least 20 people on the beach with the...