tomtedesco
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Today is June 6th, for all the veterans that took part in D-Day thank you.
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Jim15
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I would like to add my thanks as well.
Woodchipper
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Thanks to all the veterans who were a part of the D-Day invasion. My two favorite movies about WWII are Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers.
Trivia: If you watch any movies of the invasion, there is a scene where four GIs are carrying a guy on a stretcher toward the camera. The GI is up on one elbow and facing the camera. He has a thin mustache. My father saw this several years ago and swears that is is my cousin, Johnny. Johnny was a sniper in the first wave, wounded in action and evacuated to England.
Trivia: If you watch any movies of the invasion, there is a scene where four GIs are carrying a guy on a stretcher toward the camera. The GI is up on one elbow and facing the camera. He has a thin mustache. My father saw this several years ago and swears that is is my cousin, Johnny. Johnny was a sniper in the first wave, wounded in action and evacuated to England.
We owe unspeakable thanks to all our service people in all Allied countries.
D-Day was a critical turning point and a mammoth effort, of course, and there were about 2000 other days in WW2 when men and women of the US, Britain, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries, put their lives on the line.
(My uncle was killed at Monte Casino in Italy. My Dad served but not overseas.)
Many thanks also to all those who continue to do so at the present time.
D-Day was a critical turning point and a mammoth effort, of course, and there were about 2000 other days in WW2 when men and women of the US, Britain, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries, put their lives on the line.
(My uncle was killed at Monte Casino in Italy. My Dad served but not overseas.)
Many thanks also to all those who continue to do so at the present time.
TellicoTurning
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I was out and about most of yesterday, but after we got home I don't think I heard one word out of the media about D-Day... never saw any mention of it anywhere that I remember... most of the news was about trump and the circus in D.C.
My father went to the recruiter to volunteer, but in 1941 he was already almost 30, a farmer and had two kids... he was turned down...
My father went to the recruiter to volunteer, but in 1941 he was already almost 30, a farmer and had two kids... he was turned down...
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