75 years ago today, 18 year old boys stormed the beaches of Normandy.




Today boys carry purses.

#NeverForget

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

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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Elections have consequences.

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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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

+100000000000.

Shoutout to the vets on the board, whether someone fired on them or not.

Agreed.

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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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Godspeed

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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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

The Hawk- thank you for your service.

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While we can never do enough to show gratitude to our nation's defenders, we can always do a little more.

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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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

My biggest regret when I was in France was not making to Normandy.

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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.

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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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

There were good people on both sides Hatch. Both sides.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

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.

By a Nazi machine gun on the beach?

For us 21st century Nazi stompers, D-Day is every day.

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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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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/

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I believe so

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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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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

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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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

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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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

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.

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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Ecclesiastes 5:8

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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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Thanks, Trump.

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How do you say "ALL LIVES MATTER" in Russian?

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

I mean, Russia did lose like 99% of their male population.