SylvanLakeWH 31,968 #1 Posted June 6 June 6, 1944 1 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 17,494 #2 Posted June 6 Thanks to the "greatest" generation. 1 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 68,121 #3 Posted June 6 So many young men paid the ultimate price to end the tyranny of the Nazi regime. Few of the survivors remain with us today but we must not forget their sacrifice. 1 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 20,991 #4 Posted June 6 Watched a movie last on Roku. IKE Count down to D-Day Starred Tom Selleck as Ike. Good Movie. Gave a good insight to the pressure of making the decisions. Interesting you tube on the making of it. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldlineman 1,772 #5 Posted June 6 My late father, an Army Combat Medic, 30th Infantry Division,105th Combat Medics, 2nd Battalion " D " Company, 120th Infantry Motors 81 MM, Omaha Beach June 9, 1944. He is and always will be my hero, along with all those of that and later generations that heard the call of their nation too defend her! 1 hour ago, 953 nut said: So many young men paid the ultimate price to end the tyranny of the Nazi regime. Few of the survivors remain with us today but we must not forget their sacrifice. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Streetrodchev 1,165 #6 Posted June 6 Some WWII trucks on this D Day 1 2 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Streetrodchev 1,165 #7 Posted June 6 (edited) Some more WWII trucks on this D Day Edited June 6 by Streetrodchev 1 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 9,169 #8 Posted June 6 My dad was in North Africa at the time. Weight & balance officer in the Army Air Corps. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-85 811 #9 Posted June 6 We lost my Uncle Floyd over there just after D Day. I have his Purple Heart and 2 telegrams that were sent about him, one stating that he had been injured, the other announcing that he passed away, He was brought home by an Honor Guard and my grandmother (his mother) wanted the guards to open the casket so she could see her son one last time, but they wouldn't allow it, so no one really knows how much of him was brough home to rest. Even though I never got to know him, he is a hero (all veterans) to me! War and service has touched so many of us here, I have a large family and my father and most of my uncles were over in Europe, and I'll always be grateful for all they and the others did for all of us! C-85 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 17,163 #10 Posted June 6 The scope of the invasion, the reality of the commitment, never fully registered for me--it was just numbers and statistics, right?--until I was fortunate enough to walk those miles of beaches and bluffs and meadows led by an exceptional guide. 1 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
