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D-Day

carp65
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Lest we not forget the brave souls who landed on the beaches on
this day in 1944. They were truly the "Greatest Generation"
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67Cutlass
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wallynm wrote:
So take a look at these photos from the 2014 Atlantic Monthly !!!

D-Day Then and Now


After it loads click on each image and toggle between THEN and NOW

carp65 wrote:
Lest we not forget the brave souls who landed on the beaches on
this day in 1944. They were truly the "Greatest Generation"

I found that site to be fascinating with how the pictures were so different but still the same.
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Rick_Jay
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Every "D-Day", we have a family habit of watching the movie "The Longest Day". While the movie was made in 1962, in black & white and not as graphic as the movies of today, there is no mistaking the conditions those brave men had to endure. We do the same with other famous war movies on their anniversary dates such as "Midway" and "Tora, Tora, Tora".

We make sure our children watch it too (they actually look forward to it) as we believe it is so important for the youth of today to understand what the generations before them had to do to ensure our freedoms. We home-school them partly because we reject the revisionist history taught in many of the public schools today. CNN did a story on the 70th Anniversary of D-Day called "Exploding the Myths of the Normandy Landings" which tended to minimize the United States' role in the attack. It was a combined effort, for sure, but it would not have been possible without the brave men and military hardware supplied by the U.S.

We need to keep the memories and stories of courageous battles such as this alive and accurate lest we let history repeat itself.

God Bless all Veterans and those serving in the Armed Forces now.

~Rick
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ScottG
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I can't imagine the courage it took to jump out of those boats directly into machine gun fire and watch your buddies drop all around.

My own dad was at Pearl Harbor during the attack. He had two buddy's killed next to him.

Last month I was at the Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. It was my third visit over the years and it's all I can do to hold it together when I'm there.

A huge thank you to ALL who served.

Terryallan
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carp65 wrote:
Lest we not forget the brave souls who landed on the beaches on
this day in 1944. They were truly the "Greatest Generation"


Wish there was a LIKE button.

They had no "safe"place, All they had was love for their country. We are all in their debt. That is why I stand for the anthem. To honor the ones who bravely ran on to the beach.
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RedRollingRoadb
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I am not trying to mock this important anniversary because those Higgins Boats were really a neat Class A. But shouldn't this be in ATC?

romore
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I have seen very little mention of it in the news. Sad really, it was the beginning of the end for one of the most brutal regimes in history. I shudder to think of today's world had the fascists over run Europe.

rk911
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carp65 wrote:
Lest we not forget the brave souls who landed on the beaches on
this day in 1944. They were truly the "Greatest Generation"

our local paper did, forget that is, or purposely neglected to mention it. heros, all.
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wallynm
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So take a look at these photos from the 2014 Atlantic Monthly !!!

D-Day Then and Now


After it loads click on each image and toggle between THEN and NOW

carp65 wrote:
Lest we not forget the brave souls who landed on the beaches on
this day in 1944. They were truly the "Greatest Generation"
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Lwiddis
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My Dad went the other way....Philippines and then Japan.
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DutchmenSport
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My dad graduated high school in 1944. He was 17 years old. His birthday is in August. In September 1944 he was drafted. He ended up in Germany.

Two_Hands
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God Bless the โ€œGreatest Generation!โ€
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azdryheat
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Storming the beaches - what a terrible way to have to win a war. Our enemies didn't have to do that. Hats off to our guys.
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