Britannica:
Normandy Invasion, also called Operation Overlord or D-Day, during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. By the end of August 1944 all of northern France was liberated, and the invading forces reorganized for the drive into Germany, where they would eventually meet with Soviet forces advancing from the east to bring an end to the Nazi Reich
It would’ve been exciting to be part of that show, but I was a bit too young at the time.
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conspiracy 1944: do you know in 75 years we’ll spend the month of june celebrating gay lettuce bacon tomato degeneracy?
based 1944: TURN THIS BOAT AROUND!
God rest the souls in those waters, on those beaches and against those cliffs.
And “thanks be to God” for having this president for this solemn event to remember that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2IRcc-5RgA
Thank you for posting this EB link, MJA!
My Dad was on Juno on that day. He passed away when I was quite young however my sisters and Mom always said he never really talked about it much. He and everyone else storming those beaches were the greatest generation which we need again in these times.
I’m watching Fox News right now.
Not sure why I am crying like a baby, but I am.
I cannot stop crying.
Why?
I just cannot stop crying.
My face is drenched.
Why oh why?
God bless those heroes in 44′
God bless those who served and their families. And God bless those who gave their all.
The reasons for why D=Day was necessary are lost in our country today – who wouid have thought 75 years later that FDR’s party would be the NAZI’s we’re fighting against?
And that abortion clinics are our modern day death camps.
I am humbled by the sacrifice of these men. I will try to keep to their memory in all I say and do today.
Merkel’s father was up on the bluffs with a load in his pants!
“History always repeats.
The first time as tragedy, the second as farce.”
The United States is a young country.
Been a busy ~ 250 yrs – but we’ve learned and changed, much.
I doubt we could do again what we did on D-Day – not that we’re any less “American” or “Brave” – but because we have a completely different outlook on ourselves and our relationships with each other and the world. The nihilistic/socialistic mindset demands the atomization of society, and thus, can only muster obedient slaves rather than the free men who can freely intuit and innovate in the face of overwhelming difficulties.
My Dad landed at Utah Beach on D+2.
His only comment (of which I am aware) about the war concerned the Battle of the Bulge: “Coldest damned winter of my life.” (he turned 21 that eventful year)
izlamo delenda est …
The overused trite saying is “Never Forget.”
Unfortunately it’s rare to find anyone who is still alive form that time, let alone was there for the action. When the boomers are also gone the significance of what they did will be lost. I still have ration stamps and books from that time along with other things that will probably find their way to a land fill…
You can’t forget what you don’t know or understand.
May I humbly add this one…
https://amgreatness.com/2019/06/05/my-fathers-d-day-memories/
My father’s best friend from Wichita Falls, Texas landed with one of the first waves on Omaha Beach with the 116th Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He fought all the way through France and Belgium to Germany as a Sargent. Never suffered a scratch. At the end of the war, only a handful of men were left from the original company roster. He never talked about it unless someone who was a fellow veteran asked him what he did in the war.
When I was a kid, D-Day was still a really, really big thing.
Now, I’m just getting old. Now it’s Apple day.
When faced with it every generation has young patriots who rise to the occasion.
Nobody can have any doubt about the example set by their bravery.
My uncle Carl was part of the D-Day landing. Somehow survived to the end of war in Europe (where he was joined by 2 brothers) and was in Hawaii going west in invade Japan (with another brother that was already in the Pacific) when two events convinced the stubborn Japanese they really ought to quit.
Would today’s young people be capable of doing anything as heroic and self-sacrificing?
I have serious doubts. It takes faith in God to give up your life to defend your homes and loved ones and to rid the world of tyranny. Young people today don’t have it.