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June 6, 1944

  • sparty419 said...

    Just watched "The Longest Day." I love that movie.

    that movie rules. A Bridge Too Far is another great one.

    Amazon has the new remastered blu ray of Tora! Tora! Tora! for $9.99 right now...anyone who likes WWII films needs to own that one and it's an amazing deal.

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  • I've said it on this board a dozen times, this was the greatest generation of American's to walk our soil.

    Let's not forget the British and Canadian soldiers that fought that day as part of Operation Neptune, as well as the French Resistance who assisted in the success of D-Day by disrupting German operations, which minimized losses on D-Day.

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    Ron Jeremy

  • Ron Jeremy said...

    I've said it on this board a dozen times, this was the greatest generation of American's to walk our soil.

    I'll agree with that

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    Snake Plissken

  • kellah said...

    What blows my mind is that many of these brave soldiers were just kids -- 17, 18, 19 years old! Pathetically, my greatest concern at that age was playing video games.

    Yeah one of my Grandfathers was a POW when the B 17 that he was a Tail Gunner on was shot down when he was 18 yrs old. Spent close to a year before he was freed, by the Russians.

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  • My Dad fought in the Pacific in 1944-1945. He enlisted at 17, had his parents sign off on paperwork that lied about his age so he could go in early.

    He had 4 brothers who also fought in WWII, made my Dad's parent's very reluctant to allow him to go in as well as he was the youngest.

    Amazingly, out of the 5 boys in WWII, none were killed, only my Uncle Russ was wounded while fighting with Patton during the Battle of the Bulge.

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    Ron Jeremy

  • Baber said...

    My grandfather came ashore on that day as well. He was eventually captured by the Germans and spent several months in Stalag 2b, which was rumored to be the harshest of all POW camps. He tells stories of eating the bone marrow out of a dead horse to stay alive. Truly crazy what some American endured during that time.

    I just did a little research and my Grandfather was in Stalag Luft 1. I just learned more about him then I have ever from my mother. Hell they even have a picture.

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  • My American grandfather was in the 101st Airborne and was one of the first US soldiers to go into Hitler's barracks. My English grandfather is in Army Intelligence in North Africa. He got Malaria while there and was always cold. I saw him wear sweaters in 100 degree heat when he visited the US. My English grandmother was one of many British females who would be on the roofs of buildings during The Blitz.

    They never would talk about the war.

    Posting member of tRCMB since 1997. It is ALWAYS a great day to be a Spartan!!!!

    Raytooth Morgan

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