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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By michael grady on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 12:01 am:

Thank you Art and any others on the forum who served on that fateful day. "Thank you" seems so trite.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Stroud on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 02:23 am:

Michael, my sentiments exactly. I have a good friend that was there that day. What they went through is unbelievable. Dave


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Stokes on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 03:33 am:

I was fortunate enough to know pilot Johnny Houlton in Auckland, New Zealand.
Have a look at.... http://johnniehoulton.corranashworth.info/

The aircraft he was flying that day still exists. It was converted to a 2-seater trainer by the Israeli Air Force, became a gate guardian (I think) and so lived to see another day - in the air. He was taken for a fly in it approx 1990 and, indeed, met the WAF pilot who delivered it from the factory (Castle Bromich, I think) at the same time.

John Stokes
New Zealand


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George Clipner-Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 04:00 am:

"During the Second World War, the German's took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history." - Stephen Ambrose, D-Day, page 577


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hap Tucker on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 07:04 am:

We owe so much to the Greatest Generation ... thank God for all of you!

Respectfully submitted,

Hap l9l5 cut off


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Schrope - Upland, IN on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 08:52 am:

George - I know it's not your quote, but I still disagree with it's intent.

How many thousands of lives were lost by the allies on those beaches?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 09:05 am:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 09:15 am:

R.I.P.

Semper Fi.

Jim Patrick
Sgt. USMC (Veteran)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dick Lodge - St Louis MO on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 09:21 am:

This was just posted on Facebook:

"As a piper, I'll always remember the story of the relief of Pegasus Bridge. Many years later, a German soldier who was there recounted how, in the middle of a firefight, a piper (Bill Millin) marched onto the bridge, leading his unit (Lovat Scouts). When asked why he didn't shoot him, he replied that as the musician was clearly mentally ill and out of his mind, it wouldn't have been sporting."


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 09:34 am:

I used to work with a guy who was to go in with the first wave. His landing craft sat offshore a day with engine trouble. He said those who landed on the first day were cut to ribbons. He hated Patton, who he said only knew how to charge straight ahead, regardless of the consequences.

My oldest brother landed at Omaha with a big cannon five days after D-Day, and fought all the way to meet the Russians in Magdeburg. He talks about it more now, but I wonder if these guys didn't talk about it in years past, because nobody asked?

They are the Greatest Generation because they were called to greatness. We're very fortunate we haven't been called since.

rdr


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roar Sand on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 10:21 am:

Not to take anything away from the heroes that survived and the all too many that gave all they had to give, their lives, and we owe so much to, but a Happy 6th of June to our Swedish friends.
Roar


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Paul Allen Vitko on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 03:03 pm:

Born January 43 I never understood the war until lots of reading and the military chanel
There would have been many more American's gone without the decoying and resistance fighting from western Europe, UK, to Canada and Australia.
THANKS, AND GOD BLESS ALL!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 04:06 pm:

Patton was both hated and revered by the men that served under him, but, without him, D-Day would have certainly failed. The Germans highly regarded Patton as the Allies best General and could not imagine any other general besides him to lead the invasion troops and could not imagine the troops landing at any other location than Calais, which was the closest negotiable beach to England. The allies took advantage of this and created a massive deception whereby a fake army was created with inflatable tanks trucks and airplanes all over England across from Calais and fake radio traffic between Patton and his commanders in England across from Calais. It worked. Hitler moved the bulk of his Panzers and armies to Calais to defend against an invasion that never came.

It helped that Operation Overlord commenced on June 6, 1944 in very dismal and miserable weather, which turned out to be a Godsend. It didn't hurt that Rommel's wife's birthday fell on June 6 and Rommel left to be with her, leaving the Nazi troops without their leader. It also didn't hurt that Hitler's Generals were so afraid of him that they refused to wake him up and notify him of the invasion for several crucial hours and that he was so hard headed, when he was finally informed of it, he refused to believe it, thinking it was a deception for the real invasion that he was positive would be occurring at Calais. Jim Patrick


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Darin Hull on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - 04:41 pm:

Thank you to the Greatest Generation

Darin


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