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CT_Shooter
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by CT_Shooter » Sat Jun 06, 2020 7:44 am
Allied Forces landed in France on this date in 1944 to preserve freedom for the world. More than 200,000 allied soldiers gave their lives in the process.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy wrote:Allied land forces came from the United States, Britain, Canada, and Free French forces. In the weeks following the invasion, Polish forces and contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece and the Netherlands participated in the ground campaign; most also provided air and naval support alongside elements of the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the Royal Norwegian Navy.
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JEBar
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by JEBar » Sat Jun 06, 2020 7:55 am
a day we most certainly should remember .... sorry to see (but not the least bit surprised) at the lack of related movies being shown today
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by leverjc » Sat Jun 06, 2020 9:02 am
A big THANK YOU to all the WWII vets that made this country great. Let's try and preserve it.
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by brm4450 » Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:20 pm
WWII in HD on History Channel with Gary Sinise
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by BigAl52 » Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:38 pm
Not much is said or taught about WWII in schools anymore. Sure is a shame if you ask me. It needs to be.
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by RanchRoper » Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:44 pm
I can only imagine how surreal it must have felt later to those who survived the beach landings. They deserve to be honored and remembered, one and all.
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by ChefDuane » Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:17 am
My father provided air cover for the D-Day landings. Certainly a traumatic experience but he ALWAYS deferred to the horror of the boys on the beach. He later told me that in low passes he could really see the landing boats and brave Marines, Army, Navy, and Coast Guard boys "really catching hell." His words.
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by JEBar » Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:53 am
one of my Uncles parachuted in the day before to cut communications lines .... I learned that from my aunt, I never heard him mention it
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by cooperhawk » Mon Jun 08, 2020 9:09 am
ChefDuane wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:17 am
brave Marines, Army, Navy, and Coast Guard boys "really catching hell." His words.
I did not know that the Marines and Coast Guard went in on D Day.
My Father and two of his brothers went in at Normandy not sure which day. while a younger brother landed in southern France.. One Brother in law jumped with the Airborne the night prior.
Another Uncle was a Tank Commander on Iwo Jima, and one more was in the Tippets B29 squadron as a Navigator.
Also some other brothers in law served.
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by ChefDuane » Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:53 pm
Coast Guard personnel piloted the Higgins Boat landing crafts along with a number of USCG cutters offshore. Also, the rescue craft were all Coast Guard.
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