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re: What would have been your plan if you were on a Normandy landing boat?
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:12 pm to weagle99
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:12 pm to weagle99
Pray to every god know to human beings, then to the Norse and Greek gods, and then try not to shite myself from the hell you will endure.
DDay was absolutely f'in brutal. So many died w/o ever touching land, leaving their carriers, etc. Just brutal.
DDay was absolutely f'in brutal. So many died w/o ever touching land, leaving their carriers, etc. Just brutal.
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Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:14 pm to weagle99
I wouldn't have a plan. I would just do what I was told and be scared shitless.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:15 pm to LSUintheNW
quote:
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
When the elite still had a sense of honor and duty.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:17 pm to weagle99
Fire my rifle on the move to an obstacle. Fire and maneuver
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:23 pm to rmnldr
Normandy landing boats are trashy.
Sincerely,
OT
Sincerely,
OT
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:26 pm to rmnldr
quote:
Fire my rifle on the move to an obstacle. Fire and maneuver
WTF are you gonna shoot at?
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:27 pm to rmnldr
I'm not sure fire and maneuver are meant to be done simultaneously
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:29 pm to weagle99
Go hard! Die hard!
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:32 pm to ThruThickandThin
Crazy when you think about that situation, and how men like Norman Cota can keep their wits and lead other men into battle.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:35 pm to upgrayedd
Muzzle flashes, bunkers, enbankmets, everything. Anything I can do to possibly suppress. Get to hedgehog, fire, advance, dive into crater, fire, advance. Running as quickly as possible to the end of the beach.
Can’t hurt
ETA: and yes I understand the infantry doctrine of fire and maneuver. Just highlighting how some of the smaller scale applications could be used by individual soldiers
quote:
I'm not sure fire and maneuver are meant to be done simultaneously
Can’t hurt
ETA: and yes I understand the infantry doctrine of fire and maneuver. Just highlighting how some of the smaller scale applications could be used by individual soldiers
This post was edited on 11/20/17 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:35 pm to ThruThickandThin
I am a US Navy veteran. I have been to Anzio and the Nettuno Cemetary on multiple occasions. It is a very humbling experience. I have thought about this topic before. Again my answer is I would just try to do my job and be really scared.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:36 pm to LSUintheNW
Hardcore.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:37 pm to iliveinabox
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Jump overboard before getting to the beach
I’ve read stories about guys jumping over the sides to avoid being shot right out the ramp. They drowned due to the weight of their equipment.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:41 pm to rmnldr
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Muzzle flashes, bunkers, enbankmets, everything. Anything I can do to possibly suppress. Get to hedgehog, fire, advance, dive into crater, fire, advance. Running as quickly as possible to the end of the beach.
Probably just wasting ammo. Those guys only had about 150 rounds on them.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:48 pm to upgrayedd
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Probably just wasting ammo. Those guys only had about 150 rounds on them.
If I can get them to stop firing for a few seconds that can save lives. I’ll waste ammo if it means suppressing machine guns. That would be my mindset.
That is if we’re talking about Omaha
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:53 pm to weagle99
Keep moving!
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:54 pm to weagle99
I had the honor of walking on those beaches - Utah, Omaha, Pont du Hoc. It is an extremely humbling experience that I think every American should visit.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 8:59 pm to weagle99
shite in my pants, throw up, follow the guys in front of me until I was shot to hell..... that’s probably the way it goes. 
Posted on 11/20/17 at 9:05 pm to TigerPimpNationTrank
My family and I are actually here in Normandy at the moment. The area feels like a resting place for civilization.
Our kids are running through bombing craters like sand traps.
Each German Bunkers ceiling is torched wood from the American’s flame throwers.
Amazing what the human mind will allow our bodies to do when it comes to survival
Our kids are running through bombing craters like sand traps.
Each German Bunkers ceiling is torched wood from the American’s flame throwers.
Amazing what the human mind will allow our bodies to do when it comes to survival
Posted on 11/20/17 at 9:08 pm to weagle99
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