"Invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944" Topic
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| Garde de Paris | 06 Jun 2020 5:18 a.m. PST |
I am in excellent health at 83, but not certain of remembering them next year at this time, to "Bless 'em all!" GdeP |
| Wargamorium | 06 Jun 2020 7:14 a.m. PST |
When I was a small boy in 1964 my grandmother insisted on us observing a minute's silence on 6 June. We did not have any family involved – she just felt we should have respect for those who were. |
| cavcrazy | 06 Jun 2020 9:01 a.m. PST |
I will be forever grateful for their amazing sacrifice. |
| Korvessa | 06 Jun 2020 9:09 a.m. PST |
I think on them a lot.
My pa was there. My mom was a "Rosie the Riveter" – she remembers saying a silent prayer for the men of DDay when they made the radio announcement.
She hadn't met my father yet. |
| 14Bore | 06 Jun 2020 11:28 a.m. PST |
Mentioned other years my FiL was a D-day combat engineer, his company built a new road to get off the beach that day.
Sadly learned this after his passing, wish I would have asked about that day. D-day has taken over as my most interested WWII battle. |
 Legion 4  | 06 Jun 2020 11:32 a.m. PST |
God Bless them all and may they RIP … My Father landed at D+10 with the US 90ID as an Infantry SGT. And my Mom was a Rosie the Riveter too. |
| Marc33594 | 06 Jun 2020 1:07 p.m. PST |
Think we have mentioned it back and forth 14Bore. My late Father was in an Amphibious Engineer unit that came ashore in the assault waves on D-Day on Omaha. And I learned of his service (I had thought, and he didnt correct my impression, that he served in the UK in primarily a clerical role) after he had deteriorated to such an extent he wasnt able to fully share his experiences. |
| Shagnasty | 06 Jun 2020 2:01 p.m. PST |
God bless all those brave men and women who resisted, invaded and supported on D-Day. |
 Dan Cyr | 07 Jun 2020 9:34 p.m. PST |
My uncle landed on D-Day as part of the 1st Infantry Division, the only survivor of his landing craft (hit by mortar he always thought). It was his 3rd landing of the war after North Africa and Sicily. He got ashore without his glasses, helmet or rifle (was part of a cannon company). Found a helmet on the beach that he did not realize was a colonel's and wore for the rest of the day. Inside was a silk map soaked in blood that he brought home and framed. Garland Cook was a simple man, southern Indiana farmer, modest and a good man. |
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