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re: D-Day: June 6, 1944
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:59 pm to LongueCarabine
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:59 pm to LongueCarabine
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The father of one of my college roommates served on the USS Mississippi. He's still around, probably in his early 90s. Not many of these guys around, his last reunion there were less than 10 people left, that was last year.
My neighbor passed away about ten years ago. A genuine coonass and a hoot. He got a Purple Heart after a Jap kamikaze slammed into the ship off of Luzon in the Philippines and he was hit by shrapnel. He would show you the big ol' scar he had across his chest from it. I also remember he had a framed picture of the Mississippi hanging in his living room.
Every one of the men I mentioned above are gone now, and I miss them all dearly and thank God I was able to grow up in the company of such men.
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Posted on 6/7/17 at 12:09 am to TheFonz
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When I was a kid, she taught me how to tap out my name on the kitchen table.
Thanks for bringing back memories of my grandma.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 10:28 pm to Wolfhound45
Thanks! I'm not knowledgeable on how to do pictures.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 10:56 pm to Barbellthor
Not a problem baw. As someone who is in Army medicine, that picture is used multiple times to demonstrate initial care of someone who is suffering from PTSD. My utmost respect to your family member.
Posted on 12/6/18 at 3:35 pm to lsustax
Hi, I was wondering if you know the source of the photo of Joe Nagata in uniform? Was it originally with the article posted by LSU? I am working on a documentary and we are interested in trying to use the photo but need source info to get permission. Thank you!
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:03 pm to TheFonz
While searching for June 6 Past threads... Sometimes the internet is amazing...
That Aircraft tail number was shot down 8-15-1944 just 2 months after D-Day with a different pilot of course.
Flak took out the #1 and #2 Engine.
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/42-31864
That Aircraft tail number was shot down 8-15-1944 just 2 months after D-Day with a different pilot of course.
Flak took out the #1 and #2 Engine.
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/42-31864
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:23 pm to WWII Collector
Was it not 80 years ago? 1944-2024
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:27 pm to Tvilletiger
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Was it not 80 years ago? 1944-2024
must be failure to communicate... 80 years ago yes... But the B-17 "Remember US" was shot down on Aug 15, 1944.. About 2 months after D-day.. When the OP said his Uncle bombed Caen..
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:34 pm to geauxtigers87
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most WWII vets hate the greatest generation title
Totally on brand for the greatest generation.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:37 pm to Tvilletiger
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Was it not 80 years ago? 1944-2024
Check the date of the OP
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:38 pm to TheFonz
Great Uncle Willie - 3rd armored - pinned down 3 hours on the beach
Went from Normandy to Ardennes to liberating a concentration camp
At home - was a fireman
Went from Normandy to Ardennes to liberating a concentration camp
At home - was a fireman
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:40 pm to GreenRockTiger
80 years. Wow. Sad that there are so few left. True heroes man. Could not even begin to imagine.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:43 pm to TheFonz
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:46 pm to Honky Lips
quote:You're referring to the Silent Generation?
They were indeed. But they procreated the worst generation.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:26 pm to bott18240
What a fricking bad arse Geronimo stories from ww2 are just insane they took a damn pounding and held, J’y suis J’y reste
such a severely under appreciated unit and doesn’t get any of the fan fair but they 100% lead the way for all paratroopers and how we approach airborne ops in ww2
such a severely under appreciated unit and doesn’t get any of the fan fair but they 100% lead the way for all paratroopers and how we approach airborne ops in ww2
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:54 pm to Lsutigerturner
I had an uncle that never ever mentioned the war when he came home. Except for one time. I guess he was in his 60s at the time, and in the middle of the night my aunt woke him up and told him that she hears someone jiggling the doorknob on their backdoor. He gets his old double barrel shot gun he kept in the corner of his bedroom and goes to the backdoor pointing the gun just as a young guy opens the door to come in the house. The guy turned around and ran off. My uncle did not shoot him. My aunt asked him how that my have been a very scary encounter. My uncle told her no, during the war he had several instances of house to house fighting when he came face to face with Germans, and the Germans were a lot scarier than the young punk.
My aunt said that was the only time he ever commented on what he did in the war.
My aunt said that was the only time he ever commented on what he did in the war.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 11:34 pm to doublecutter
The invasion starts at 11:30 pm CT..... 80 years ago..
Posted on 6/5/24 at 11:42 pm to TheFonz
I just watched Saving Private Ryan for the first time.
Riveting. A headlong rush into the maw of madness.
Odds, poor. Doom, probable.
Guts, immeasurable.
I pray my sons and cousins never have to see such combat.
Riveting. A headlong rush into the maw of madness.
Odds, poor. Doom, probable.
Guts, immeasurable.
I pray my sons and cousins never have to see such combat.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 11:55 pm to Lsutigerturner
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What a fricking bad arse Geronimo stories from ww2 are just insane they took a damn pounding and held, J’y suis J’y reste
Growing up, my neighbor, Mr. Ray. He was airborne in WW2.
He used to call me Tater.
I was young so don't remember it all. Just into my teen years when he passed. I cried then, because he didn't know who I was and told me to get away.
But growing up I remember. He had a glass eye and a belly scar. He parachuted into France, went down in a forest somewhere. Took a branch through the belly. Not sure where he lost the eye.
Wish I could have had the forethought to listen to that old hero more.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 1:07 am to TheFonz
A couple of years ago I got the opportunity to visit Omaha Beach, the Normandy American Cemetery and Pointe du Hoc. I would strongly recommend a visit especially if you like history or if being an American means a lot to you.
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