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re: Normandy- Omaha Beach question
Posted on 6/7/14 at 7:44 pm to Volvagia
Posted on 6/7/14 at 7:44 pm to Volvagia
quote:Considering she said 1 of 15 Americans selected and he was a pilot, I'm pretty sure she meant that he was the 1st American to land a plane on Normandy.
He knew he was the first of everyone in a operation shrouded in secrecy?
Those paratroopers planes didn't land back in France after dropping the 10k paratroopers.
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Posted on 6/7/14 at 7:59 pm to GeauxTigersLee
I'm a bit cynical, but it's not in me to assume that they really meant a phrase drastically different from the one actually said.
And if you are going to assume that she actually meant something drastically different from what she said, you have to apply a wide arse variance to the other things things said as well.
He wasn't supposed to land....it was an accident as the story goes.
So while you are assuming it was a highly selective thing for something sensitive, I just see 1 of 15 Americans selected to work with that group of the RAF.
But I am not going to sit here and debate the issue.
I just couldn't let someine's outrageous claim of "First American to set foot on Normandy" to just stand there.
And if you are going to assume that she actually meant something drastically different from what she said, you have to apply a wide arse variance to the other things things said as well.
He wasn't supposed to land....it was an accident as the story goes.
So while you are assuming it was a highly selective thing for something sensitive, I just see 1 of 15 Americans selected to work with that group of the RAF.
But I am not going to sit here and debate the issue.
I just couldn't let someine's outrageous claim of "First American to set foot on Normandy" to just stand there.
This post was edited on 6/7/14 at 8:04 pm
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