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June 6, 1944 | D-Day - PHOTOS in color
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:25 am
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:25 am
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Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:26 am to EKG
I hope any ANTIFA member/supporter who considers themselves in 2020 to be like any of of those amazing men gets dick/cooch cancer.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:28 am to EKG
Amazing pictures, thank you for sharing. I wish we had more from that day. 
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:28 am to EKG
Heroes
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:28 am to EKG
Heroes
The extremist hate group BLM defaced the WW2 memorial
The extremist hate group BLM defaced the WW2 memorial
This post was edited on 6/6/20 at 9:32 am
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:36 am to EKG
Look at these pictures Drew
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:37 am to EKG
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Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:43 am to EKG
Somewhere in all of that was my dad. He later served as an MP during the Nuremberg Trials (that's where he met my mom -- a German national -- and brought her back to Texas).
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:46 am to Quidam65
I’d bet bucks that after the fact, he quietly kept his stories of that day to himself.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:51 am to EKG
Great pics, thanks.
Does anyone know what the blimps were used for?
Does anyone know what the blimps were used for?
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:56 am to chity
quote:
The blimps you are referring to are barrage balloons, they were a very common form of anti aircraft defence as they deterred low flying and dive bombing aircraft.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 9:59 am to EKG
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I’d bet bucks that after the fact, he quietly kept his stories of that day to himself.
You would be correct. In fact I didn't know he was in D-Day until he was terminally ill. When he was in the hospital on June 6 some of the nursing staff celebrated the veterans in the hospital, only then did he tell me he was part of it.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 10:01 am to EKG
These are real, brave, American men. Our generation makes me cringe for calls to close our beaches over a cold virus.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 10:09 am to EKG
My favorite line from a D-Day vet from Ruston, La. about 10 years ago...
Him: 'I was in the back of the landing craft and saw our guys in front getting mowed down. I dropped my rifle and jumped over the side and swam under water to the beach.'
Q: 'What did you do without a rifle?'
Him: 'Oh, there were plenty of rifles on the beach.'
Him: 'I was in the back of the landing craft and saw our guys in front getting mowed down. I dropped my rifle and jumped over the side and swam under water to the beach.'
Q: 'What did you do without a rifle?'
Him: 'Oh, there were plenty of rifles on the beach.'
Posted on 6/6/20 at 10:11 am to Zach
Awesome story. Smart and brave man.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 10:16 am to Zach
Wow. What can you even say?
They’re all so young.
That’s what gets me every time I look at these.
They’re all so young.
That’s what gets me every time I look at these.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 10:28 am to EKG
Thank you for sharing. God bless the memory and the sacrifice that they made.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 10:30 am to EKG
Ralph (Shug) Jordan (Auburn Coach) was on Omaha Beach in the second wave. He was wounded on the beach, but continued fighting.
My Grandfather was a scholarship player on Shug's first Freshman Team. Blew out his knee on a punt return against Georgia. Shug kept him in school where he earned his degree in Civil Engineering. Shug also trained him to be a Coach. When the war broke out, Auburn shut down, every able bodied man joined the cause. Granddad was rejected by the Army and Navy because of his knee. A Marine Officer saw the dejected young man and asked why he was depressed. "Your degree is in what? I believe the Marine Corps has a place for you, follow me."
Granddad kept the airfields open on Guadal Canal and Iwo Jima.
This is a day to remember for sure. A generation that cannot be replaced.
My Grandfather was a scholarship player on Shug's first Freshman Team. Blew out his knee on a punt return against Georgia. Shug kept him in school where he earned his degree in Civil Engineering. Shug also trained him to be a Coach. When the war broke out, Auburn shut down, every able bodied man joined the cause. Granddad was rejected by the Army and Navy because of his knee. A Marine Officer saw the dejected young man and asked why he was depressed. "Your degree is in what? I believe the Marine Corps has a place for you, follow me."
Granddad kept the airfields open on Guadal Canal and Iwo Jima.
This is a day to remember for sure. A generation that cannot be replaced.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 10:32 am to EKG
Are those paratroopers on a landing craft?
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