06-06-2018, 09:33 AM | #1 |
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74 years ago The largest invasion the world has ever seen to turn the tide of WWII. Too many of the greatest generation gave everything to defeat the Axis powers.
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06-06-2018, 10:09 AM | #3 |
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Amen2. The courage they showed saved us all.
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Ralph, I'm 38 years old and will never forget. Operation Overlord. God bless those men. Their bravery is unsurpassed as they faced some unbelievable odds.
For those of you here who enjoy history, as I suspect many of you do, there are lots of very good books on D-Day. Pick one of them up and read. It will fascinate and humble you. |
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I worked with a guy at grand union supermarket circa 1960 he was in the Normandy invasion,i was a stock boy he ran the fish department, bob malatey was his name .he was a great guy
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My father in law landed on Normandy and worked his way up to the Battle of the Bulge. Never wanted to talk about it. When he passed on we came across all sorts of paperwork showing where his unit was. By following the maps and the dates we realized he saw some nasty stuff. The GREATEST GENERATION!!!! I was hoping Turner Classic Movies would have something on to commemorate the day, but not one D Day related movie. Some Disney crap at 8:00 PM.
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Yes great generation! My father-in-law was a Navy Hellcat fighter pilot. Shot down twice but nevertheless made it home.......
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There will never be another generation like that one !
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just noticed this morning on my Napa calendar there was no notation how sad.
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I appreciate the comments about my generation and the D Day Normandy invasion because I am a WWII veteran, 29th Infantry Division, Omaha Beach to Germany. I am glad that many folks remember June 6 1944.
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Sorry to say no notice in Arizona Highways too.
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barnstuff.. really.. wow. I might be on the other side of the world and a generation away but thank you!
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My father was a marine landed on Iowa Jima and survived. One tough cookie.Today to Americans D day means diversity Day. They have no idea what so many gave up so that they can bad mouth America.
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My uncle was a B24 top turret gunner whose first mission was Normandy. Can you imagine flying into history as your first mission? He never wanted to talk about it. Another uncle was in Patton's 3rd army in a tank. The greatest generation indeed!!
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Thank the good Lord we had them. Most volunteered. Gave a lot and brought home some bad memories. They moved on and helped create this great country. My dad was one of those. May he rest in Pease.
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My stepdad and his four brothers all participated, three theaters. Mom riveted airplanes, her brother also fought, in the Pacific. Most of what all I know of it comes from history books, of which I have read many. The folks never shared much. They were more interested in describing the depression. The comparison to wassup today does not balance. Ma always harped on the scrimp and save policy.
How DDay helped to create the fifties for us is undeniably the biggest gift ever to citizens of our era. Thanks is not enough.
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It is apparently up to OUR generation to educate our Country. If I understood a teacher I hired correctly, World War Two gets only one page in the current history book.
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Yes and then it probably apologizes for it and makes the Nazis the good guys!!
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To Barnstuff and all the other veterans. Thank you for your service. All of you fought for our rights. Seems like there was no mention of D Day today on the tv.
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Thank you for your service ,Barnstuff.
My Dad was in the tail of a bomber out of Great Ashfield. Your generation made us great. |
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number plate on my Mustang says it all....... I remember.
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A guy I worked with was with the 82nd airborne, he survived but lost an eye.
His only comment was, it was a tough day. |
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my uncle George was at the invasion but never talked about it. Tank commander in the battle of bulge and into germany. the only thing he ever told us, was that he met General George Patton and when he introduced himself as Captain George Patten he was told by old blood and guts not to be a smart ass, he had to get out his dog tag to prove his name
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[QUOTE=flathead48;1637321]A guy I worked with was with the 82nd airborne, he survived but lost an eye.
His only comment was, it was a tough day.[/QUOTE Heroes the lot of them . When I see some late teen, just 20 plus "clown" with his cap on backwards, the crotch of his trousers dragging on the ground and his toes hanging off the end of a skate board, its hard to believe his equivalent 70 odd years ago was flying aircraft or jumping from aircraft, taking the beaches, sailing the seas etc, all of them facing death in the eye each day. Glad your work friend survived, would have been hard to work with him otherwise. GB
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We still owe them all a big debt . Have met and treated many Vets as an MD and very few talk about what they went through -Which probably is a testament to how bad it really was ! |
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In the event you may not know it, barnstuf is Rich bell from Wellfleet MA. Rich was formerly an EV8 parts supplier, and is still a Model parts dealer. Rich, 18 years old at the time, landed in the 2nd wave at Omaha Beach, was twice seriously wounded and received several purple hearts. After he recovered from the second wound, they assigned him to Army Air Corp. base where he became the parts man. Rich has been active in the EV8 and Model A clubs here on the Cape for many years.
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Rich, Thank You!
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Those Vets came back and some became teachers... No one messed with our schools then. 6th grade was vet of China/ Burma, and Principal was a Ranger from the cliffs at Normandy. Miss them all. newc
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As far as I know, no NZ and Australian ground units took part in the Landings but there were a number of NZ flyers that flew D Day missions. I read a book by celebrated NZ Hawker typhoon pilot the late Desmond Scott, DSO, DFC and bar, who carried out rocket attacks during the invasion. GB
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I don't know if any count of Commonwealth soldiers from the southern pacific and Asian regions was ever done but a lot of airmen from Australia were involved. I imagine Royal Navy as well. There were some that volunteered for service well before the Japanese pacific invasion started against the allies so it would be hard to count those volunteer types.
The war was going like a furnace in the south pacific so many were needed there. A lot of folks don't know that the US Army and Air Forces had a strong presence in the south pacific too. The US Marine Corp and Navy as well as all the multitude of allied forces were pretty busy in that neck of the woods and they needed all the help they could get. It truly was a World War. Millions of forces were mobilized. D-Day was just a day but what a day! Most troops slogged along one day at a time. Some days were easy and some were hard. days of endless slogging along with hours or even moments of sheer terror. Most were just hoping to get home alive. My Pop wanted to be a geologist before the war but he ended up going back to the farm a happy man. I think he just really wanted to go home and stay there. |
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