D-Day Remembrance

[The Rainmaker, SASS #11631]

Take a minute today and thank God for the heroes that served 80 years ago so we could live the lives we are living today.

No BS political commentary please, just remember and honor.

[Rye Miles #13621]

God bless those brave soldiers! 

 

https://apnews.com/article/dday-wwii-france-invasion-military-b02d03fa11f66767a521a3b01357a89a

[Blackwater 53393]

My uncle, Fred, hit that beach all those years ago! He survived and lived a long life.

 

Ten months later, to the day, my uncle Billy was killed in the first Kamakaze attacks off Okinawa.

 

 

[Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372]

I hope we never forget the debt we owe them.

[Cypress Sun]

 

They were The Greatest Generation. I was fortunate enough to have a couple of them for good friends...gone now, but not forgotten.

 

[Rye Miles #13621]

I had two uncles in that war, luckily they survived and both lived a pretty long life. My Uncle Jim got a Bronze Star. He never talked about it, we had to drag the story out of him!

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

  

 

[DeaconKC]

I had an Uncle who was on the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor and a former Pastor who jumped into France the night of the 5/6th.

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

I’m watching D-Day the unheard Tapes - on the History Channel right now

[Chili Ron]

Howdy,

US paratroops jump on June 9.  Each country gets a turn except Russia.

Russia was NOT invited this year....

My nephew is jumpmaster for our guys.

Hope all goes well.

I heard one of the old vets died on the flight over.  How sad is that.

Troops en transit are being applauded in airports....its about time.

Im getting great pix from Normandy.

Best

CR

 

[watab kid]

spent more than a moment pondering it today , and some other fays before as i imagine a few more after , 

 

i generally do it on aug 6th and 9th as well as my father was in the pacific on saipan , 

[Warden Callaway]

Dad landed at Cherbourg D+3 to rebuild the docks. I don't really have any stories to tell because he didn't talk much to me about the war.

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

My great uncle, 2LT Bob Harrsch, rode a Horsa glider into France the morning of June 6th.  From there he walked all the way into the Rhein Valley and came home to live a good life.

 

RIP Uncle Bob.

[Warden Callaway]

When the 50th anniversary came around, they were offering special tours for veterans.  I asked dad if he wanted to go back.  The answer was quick,  "Hell no! I've seen enough of that place.". 

[watab kid]

i think that was common in that generation , i know my mother and father visited saipan in the 80s , but they didnt talk of that trip much more than they did the war years , 

 

funny thing is that most of my VN era friend dont say much either , got treated a lot worse and were thanked even less 

[The Blarney Kid]

My Dad was a Flight Engineer/top turret gunner on B-24s in the 7th AAF in the Pacific.

[Warden Callaway]

Several years ago,  son Chris and wife Heather took a vacation in Europe.  They specifically visited monuments and cemeteries. Chris was impressed at the level of respect the local people had for the liberation efforts.  They visited Bastogne where they had many displays and museums.  Interpreters and guides.  Dad was in an Engineering Battalion attached to the 101. They were outside Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. He said they had one machine gun and wouldn't have been able to put up much of a fight had Bastogne fallen.