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re: What Was On The Minds of Those 17, 18 and 19-year-old Boys, 75 years ago?
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:13 pm to Perfect Circle
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:13 pm to Perfect Circle
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Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:17 pm to Quidam65
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Same. Because one of them would later be an MP at the Nuremberg Trials. And meet his wife there. Who would come to America. And they would have me.
Ausgezeichnet! Cool story.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:28 pm to Scoop
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A 20 year old getting off of a Higgin’s Boats was 6 when the Depression started. They were forged by hardship.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
That quote couldn’t be more true. Unfortunately we’re between the good times create weak men and weak men create hard times stage.
This post was edited on 6/5/19 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:30 pm to Perfect Circle
The average age of men in uniform in WWII was 29. In Vietnam it was 19.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:37 pm to Uncle Don
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Probably thinking about all the pussy they were gonna get when they liberated Paris
I knew a gentleman who was stationed in Paris from September-December 1944...he always smiled when you asked him about it!!!
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:40 pm to Perfect Circle
While there were some teenagers in the armed forces, the average age of an American WWII soldier was 26.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:41 pm to Perfect Circle
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What Was On The Minds of Those 17, 18 and 19-year-old Boys, 75 years ago?
"Should have mentioned my bone spurs to the draft board".
Those guys were certainly brave and many volunteered. But once approaching that beach it was point of no return.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:41 pm to Perfect Circle
I don't know who is attributable to this phrase but:
Fear accompanies the possibility of death. Calm accompanies its certainty.
Fear accompanies the possibility of death. Calm accompanies its certainty.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:44 pm to jawnybnsc
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If you didn't get cut down as soon as that door dropped, you moved your arse off of that boat as quickly as possible. If lucky, you moved and you kept moving. There was no cover.
this. they ran for dear life...bravely.
getting ON the higgins boat would've been much harder.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:45 pm to jawnybnsc
Omaha Beach was bitch and a meat grinder, The rest of the insertion points of Sword , Juno, Gold and Utah(US) was not nearly as bad, many of the soldiers walked ashore relatively unmolested
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:50 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
My dad flew a glider for the 82nd airborne, behind the lines. Held position against reinforcements.
Landed just before dawn.
He volunteered. Had already been wounded by flak over Italy in a day raid on mission #26.
26 times doing Memphis Belle and catch 22.
That gets me more than a one timer for guys with no prior exposure.
There was another movie about the day raids over Italy missions. The co says you guys problem is you are worried you might die. Get over it.
You are.
Landed just before dawn.
He volunteered. Had already been wounded by flak over Italy in a day raid on mission #26.
26 times doing Memphis Belle and catch 22.
That gets me more than a one timer for guys with no prior exposure.
There was another movie about the day raids over Italy missions. The co says you guys problem is you are worried you might die. Get over it.
You are.
This post was edited on 6/5/19 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:54 pm to vl100butch
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I knew a gentleman who was stationed in Paris from September-December 1944...he always smiled when you asked him about it!!!
I worked with an old guy who landed on D-day but later on it the day. Other than saying that was it was unexplainable the things he saw were her never spoke of the battles but he would would always say that if you take out the getting shot at and having to shoot at other men that WWII was the most fun he ever had.
He had all kind of mementos he liberated across Europe and he said three cigarettes and a Hershey bar would get you all the pussy you wanted.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 4:58 pm to Scoop
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They were tough young men that had largely grown up during the Depression.
A 20 year old getting off of a Higgin’s Boats was 6 when the Depression started. They were forged by hardship.
This is why they are the Greatest Generation.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 5:00 pm to Perfect Circle
Duty. Fighting against evil, and making your Parents and Nation proud, and being loyal to those by your side. Those boys were cut from a different cloth that we are today. "The Greatest Generation" is no misnomer. Beautiful group.
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