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| Author: | Caller Bob [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | D-Day 75 Years! |
75 years ago today, 18 year old boys stormed the beaches of Normandy. Today boys carry purses. #NeverForget |
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| Author: | badrogue17 [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:18 am ] |
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Hawaii You wrote: I remember it like it was just yesterday
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| Author: | pittmike [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:20 am ] |
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It is pretty remarkable how in such a short time really beliefs, thoughts and attitudes have changed. Certainly, not all for the worst. It is hard to imagine what the world would look like exactly today without those men’s choices and actions. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:22 am ] |
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Caller Bob wrote: 75 years ago today, 18 year old boys stormed the beaches of Normandy. Today boys carry purses. #NeverForget the average age for the American soldier in ww2 was 26 In some ways, they had even more to lose than a teenager. |
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| Author: | tommy [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: D-Day 75 Years! |
+100000000000. Shoutout to the vets on the board, whether someone fired on them or not. |
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| Author: | Peoria Matt [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:31 am ] |
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tommy wrote: +100000000000. Shoutout to the vets on the board, whether someone fired on them or not. Agreed. |
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| Author: | Brick [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:32 am ] |
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Well done to those who fight the Nazis, either on the shores of Europe 75 years ago or on twitter today. |
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| Author: | Nardi [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:37 am ] |
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Boilermaker Rick wrote: Well done to those who fight the Nazis, either on the shores of Europe 75 years ago or on twitter today. Godspeed |
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| Author: | Hatchetman [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: D-Day 75 Years! |
I went to all the Normandy beaches a couple years ago. The strangest thing I experienced: the German cemetery was the most emotionally moving place to me. Part of it is the design, you'd have to see it - there's a giant abstract mother and father (Joseph and Mary?) overlooking thousands of graves. What a freaking disaster. All that pain and misery as a country fell under the spell of an evil concept. At least the Allied troops died for a good cause and are viewed as heroes. The German deaths were 100% worthless. Inneresting note: the german govt sends teenagers over to help maintain the cemetery. All the people taking care of the US cemetery were French. |
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| Author: | Gary Senise [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:52 am ] |
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The Hawk- thank you for your service. |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:52 am ] |
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My grandfather talked about only two things that day. Watching a guy essentially get cut in half and how the seawater was red. In almost 50 years with him, he talked about that exactly two times. And immediately turned quiet. |
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| Author: | Franky T [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: D-Day 75 Years! |
Hatchetman wrote: I went to all the Normandy beaches a couple years ago. The strangest thing I experienced: the German cemetery was the most emotionally moving place to me. Part of it is the design, you'd have to see it - there's a giant abstract mother and father (Joseph and Mary?) overlooking thousands of graves. What a freaking disaster. All that pain and misery as a country fell under the spell of an evil concept. At least the Allied troops died for a good cause and are viewed as heroes. The German deaths were 100% worthless. Inneresting note: the german govt sends teenagers over to help maintain the cemetery. All the people taking care of the US cemetery were French. My biggest regret when I was in France was not making to Normandy. |
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| Author: | Drunk Squirrel [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:54 am ] |
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So my grandfather was supposed to go to the pacific theatre but got very ill, lost a shit ton of weight and was replaced on the transport he was supposed to be on. The ship was torpedoed in route to wherever it was going and all hands were lost. He was then supposed to be involved in d-day but was either still recovering or broke an ankle. The landing ship his replacement was on was hit by a shell killing all on board. He did not avoid the bulge though. Wish the colonel would of talked more about those times but he didn’t have much use for kids and enjoyed other stories of his youth more as he aged vs his time in military. Sometimes the story was even the same when he told it the 5th time. |
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| Author: | Hatchetman [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: D-Day 75 Years! |
My grandfather was part of an earlier beach landing (Torch) in North Africa. The fucking Vichy French were firing on the allied ships. after a day or so they surrendered and the allies were able to land unopposed. But then he ran into the Germans at the Kasserine Pass which was a bloodbath. |
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| Author: | badrogue17 [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: D-Day 75 Years! |
Hatchetman wrote: I went to all the Normandy beaches a couple years ago. The strangest thing I experienced: the German cemetery was the most emotionally moving place to me. Part of it is the design, you'd have to see it - there's a giant abstract mother and father (Joseph and Mary?) overlooking thousands of graves. What a freaking disaster. All that pain and misery as a country fell under the spell of an evil concept. At least the Allied troops died for a good cause and are viewed as heroes. The German deaths were 100% worthless. Inneresting note: the german govt sends teenagers over to help maintain the cemetery. All the people taking care of the US cemetery were French. There were good people on both sides Hatch. Both sides. |
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| Author: | Nardi [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:15 am ] |
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Regular Reader wrote: My grandfather talked about only two things that day. Watching a guy essentially get cut in half and how the seawater was red. In almost 50 years with him, he talked about that exactly two times. And immediately turned quiet. My dad had a bronze star and a purple heart and I don't know shit about it(other than a giant scar on his leg). I got the vibe that little white box that held those medals was nothing more than a reminder that he was able to not pick the short straw. |
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| Author: | Cashman [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: D-Day 75 Years! |
Regular Reader wrote: Watching a guy essentially get cut in half d. By a Nazi machine gun on the beach? |
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| Author: | Quad City Pete [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:18 am ] |
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For us 21st century Nazi stompers, D-Day is every day. |
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| Author: | Juiced [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:18 am ] |
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badrogue17 wrote: Hatchetman wrote: I went to all the Normandy beaches a couple years ago. The strangest thing I experienced: the German cemetery was the most emotionally moving place to me. Part of it is the design, you'd have to see it - there's a giant abstract mother and father (Joseph and Mary?) overlooking thousands of graves. What a freaking disaster. All that pain and misery as a country fell under the spell of an evil concept. At least the Allied troops died for a good cause and are viewed as heroes. The German deaths were 100% worthless. Inneresting note: the german govt sends teenagers over to help maintain the cemetery. All the people taking care of the US cemetery were French. There were good people on both sides Hatch. Both sides. Hatch only sees things in black and white. It is a shame how our culture has become so narrow minded. #metoo, #BLM, exc exc... |
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| Author: | Tad Queasy [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:56 am ] |
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If any of you guys ever listen to old radio shows, the Old Time Radio Catalog is offering the complete D-Day broadcast from CBS radio for free with any purchase of $5.00 or more. https://www.otrcat.com/ https://www.otrcat.com/p/complete-broad ... rmandy-cbs |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:43 am ] |
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Cashman wrote: Regular Reader wrote: Watching a guy essentially get cut in half d. By a Nazi machine gun on the beach? I believe so |
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| Author: | chaspoppcap [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: D-Day 75 Years! |
75 years ago today the free world came together and sent it's young men into the fires of hell to save the world. What is astonishing is just how many nations were represented that day of days.There were of course Americans,Brits,Irish,Canadians but also French,Poles and others. If you get the chance go to the museum in New Orleans.Worth the trip. |
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| Author: | FrankDrebin [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: D-Day 75 Years! |
Absolute killing zone. Men killed before departing the landing boats, some were shot and eventually drowned in the sea because of the weight of their gear. Hiding behind the obstacles meant to tear up the bottoms of the boats, having to detonate other obstacles. Landing on the beach and having to run hundreds of feet to reach the cover of sand dunes, cliffs, and sometimes the bodies of their dead comrades. Climbing the cliffs and assaulting machine gun nests/artillery positions. All of that was done with the Nazis having the high ground and a clear line of sight. Absolute courage and sacrifice by every single Allied soldier involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlG3tcYqDvI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkIRtCacfSE |
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| Author: | chaspoppcap [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:41 pm ] |
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That was on Omaha. On Utah it was not as bad because they landed in the wrong spot. Factoid when they realized they messed up the person who made the call to not move to the correct beach site was Teddy Rosrvelt jr. He was the first general to land on D-Day. My favorite quote from the day immortalized by Robert Mitchum in the movie Longest day ,Gen "Dutch" Cota:Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Let us go inland and be killed" That was not the end of his legend,a few days later he came upon a group of his men being held up by a german strongpoint. He promptly charged it ,kicked the door in killed the occupants and told the men"that is how you do it" then calmly walked off |
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| Author: | tommy [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 1:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: D-Day 75 Years! |
FrankDrebin wrote: Absolute killing zone. Men killed before departing the landing boats, some were shot and eventually drowned in the sea because of the weight of their gear. Hiding behind the obstacles meant to tear up the bottoms of the boats, having to detonate other obstacles. Landing on the beach and having to run hundreds of feet to reach the cover of sand dunes, cliffs, and sometimes the bodies of their dead comrades. Climbing the cliffs and assaulting machine gun nests/artillery positions. All of that was done with the Nazis having the high ground and a clear line of sight. Absolute courage and sacrifice by every single Allied soldier involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlG3tcYqDvI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkIRtCacfSE Was watching an interview ("D-Day at Pointe-du-Hoc," I think) and some of the soldiers interviewed said that the officers more or less told them that the first waves were gonna get cut up. |
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| Author: | JORR [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 1:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: D-Day 75 Years! |
When I was a kid there was a bar on the corner of Cicero and Montrose called Chiappie's Corner. My old man took me in there a lot. There were things on the walls that I memorized whilst sitting there sipping Cokes and eating Slim Jims. One was a big banner that had every Kentucky Derby winner on it: 1875 Aristides 1876 Vagrant 1877 Baden-Baden 1878 Day Star 18790 Lord Murphy That's about as far as I can go without looking it up. Hindoo may be next, but I'm not 100%. Anyway, in the back near the pool table there were photos of great WWII generals on the wall: Ike, Nimitz, MacArthur, Monty. They had pencil and ink drawings of each guy and then a little bio underneath. Right in the middle there was one simply called "G.I. Joe". It had a drawing of a generic soldier looking all beat down from battle. Underneath there was a poem called "G.I. Joe". I've looked on the Internet for it to no avail. But the one line that I remember stayed with me. It really made an impression on a child's fragile eggshell mind: "He soaked the coast at Anzio with blood." |
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| Author: | chaspoppcap [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 1:45 pm ] |
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I used to love reading the old Bill mauldin Willy and Joe comics. there was a tale told at the time of the Bulge, A tank was rolling down the road and they came upon the dirtiest and most unkempt US soldier they had ever seen. He saw digging himself a foxhole next to the road and the tank pulled up to him and the commander asked him what he was doing. The guy stopped looked up and said" I am 82nd Airborne and those son of a' Bitches arn't getting past me." then went back to work |
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| Author: | Franky T [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 2:04 pm ] |
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Thanks, Trump. |
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| Author: | JORR [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 2:10 pm ] |
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Franky T wrote: Thanks, Trump. How do you say "ALL LIVES MATTER" in Russian? |
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| Author: | KDdidit [ Thu Jun 06, 2019 2:21 pm ] |
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I mean, Russia did lose like 99% of their male population. |
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