Rye Miles #13621 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 79 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 A proud day when we can celebrate our victories and mourn the loss of so many brothers and sisters all at the same time. We still can honor all of our veterans and those of our allies no matter when nor where you served. (We should do that every day that we are alive.) God bless them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 God bless them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 My Regiment, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, (MG) landed on Juno that day. My Uncle Doug landed with the 2 Armoured, his brother, my uncle Lester, landed with the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders. The colours of my regiment with the Battle Honours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 79 years ago last night, LT Robert Harrsch boarded a Horsa glider for France. He did his duty and made it all the way into the Rhein Valley by war’s end. RIP Uncle Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 My uncle, Freddie, hit the beach in the first wave. Meanwhile, my dad and his brother, Bill, were somewhere in the Pacific. Bill didn’t come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 My uncle hit the beach at Normandy with the second wave.He got a Bronze Star for helping someone who was under fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Thank God Eisenhower didn't have to give this speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 I'm just looking at the date on the bottom of the draft. JULY 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 44 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: I'm just looking at the date on the bottom of the draft. JULY 5? Likely he had other things on his mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 3 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: I'm just looking at the date on the bottom of the draft. JULY 5? 2 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Likely he had other things on his mind. Most likely the date at the bottom reflects the date he wrote that particular draft and not the date of the landings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Sedalia Dave said: Most likely the date at the bottom reflects the date he wrote that particular draft and not the date of the landings. No, he wrote it on 5 June, 1944. The caption on the image of the note was: "Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote this speech on June 5, 1944, to deliver in case the invasion failed. According to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, the president mistakenly dated the message July 5 instead of June 5. Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library" see the thread The Speech Not Given for links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 a sad day for all we as a country lost in souls , a proud day for what we proved our country could do ...........and those that did it , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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