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GMT: 6-6-14, 70th anniversary of D-Day
Posted on 6/6/14 at 3:06 am
Posted on 6/6/14 at 3:06 am
The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations on 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the invasion of German-occupied western Europe, led to the restoration of the French Republic, and contributed to an Allied victory in the war.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 3:06 am to Lightnin Hopkins
Whoa.. its 4 AM already?
Posted on 6/6/14 at 3:12 am to GEAUXmedic
morning gents...its the inbetween of nightime and wOrktime...I figured the great winged one wouldn't mind an early GMT
northshore
northshore
Posted on 6/6/14 at 3:23 am to Lightnin Hopkins
quote:
Forty summers have passed since the battle that you fought here. You were young the day you took these cliffs; some of you were hardly more than boys, with the deepest joys of life before you. Yet, you risked everything here. Why? Why did you do it? What impelled you to put aside the instinct for self-preservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs? What inspired all the men of the armies that met here? We look at you, and somehow we know the answer. It was faith and belief; it was loyalty and love.
The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or on the next. It was the deep knowledge -- and pray God we have not lost it -- that there is a profound, moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest. You were here to liberate, not to conquer, and so you and those others did not doubt your cause. And you were right not to doubt.
-President Reagan at Point Du Hoc, 1984
Posted on 6/6/14 at 3:25 am to Lightnin Hopkins
quote:
.I figured the great winged one wouldn't mind an early GMT
Well i sure as hell don't mind.
Morning everyone!
Posted on 6/6/14 at 3:34 am to GEAUXmedic
Morning folks. Been a week since being on here. I've been lying wide awake since 2, and I'm getting up at 5 to snorkel with sea turtles. FML.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 3:38 am to Lightnin Hopkins
This post was edited on 6/6/14 at 3:47 am
Posted on 6/6/14 at 4:18 am to Lightnin Hopkins
Good morning all.
4am...sheesh. I'm restless and can't sleep so I turned to TDOT but I think its been counterproductive. Ha
4am...sheesh. I'm restless and can't sleep so I turned to TDOT but I think its been counterproductive. Ha
Posted on 6/6/14 at 4:45 am to Lightnin Hopkins
Good Morning OT Peeps.....
On this morning, 70 years ago, my grandfather was flying fighter suppression missions in a P-47 over the Normandy Coast.......
On this morning, 70 years ago, my grandfather was flying fighter suppression missions in a P-47 over the Normandy Coast.......
Posted on 6/6/14 at 4:50 am to lsu_tiger_az
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On this morning, 70 years ago, my grandfather was flying fighter suppression missions in a P-47 over the Normandy Coast.......
We will never see another American generation that was so universally badass.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 4:51 am to lsu_tiger_az
Morning people.
A tidbit of history. A lot of the landing crafts were built in New Orleans. And yes, they were built out of wood along with PT boats.
A tidbit of history. A lot of the landing crafts were built in New Orleans. And yes, they were built out of wood along with PT boats.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 5:25 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Wyd?
This post was edited on 6/6/14 at 5:26 am
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