D-Day

Storming the beaches - what a terrible way to have to win a war. Our enemies didn't have to do that. Hats off to our guys.

God Bless the “Greatest Generation!”

My dad graduated high school in 1944. He was 17 years old. His birthday is in August. In September 1944 he was drafted. He ended up in Germany.

My Dad went the other way....Philippines and then Japan.

So take a look at these photos from the 2014 Atlantic Monthly !!!

D-Day Then and Now


After it loads click on each image and toggle between THEN and NOW

carp65 wrote:
Lest we not forget the brave souls who landed on the beaches on
this day in 1944. They were truly the "Greatest Generation"

carp65 wrote:
Lest we not forget the brave souls who landed on the beaches on
this day in 1944. They were truly the "Greatest Generation"

our local paper did, forget that is, or purposely neglected to mention it. heros, all.

I have seen very little mention of it in the news. Sad really, it was the beginning of the end for one of the most brutal regimes in history. I shudder to think of today's world had the fascists over run Europe.

I am not trying to mock this important anniversary because those Higgins Boats were really a neat Class A. But shouldn't this be in ATC?

carp65 wrote:
Lest we not forget the brave souls who landed on the beaches on
this day in 1944. They were truly the "Greatest Generation"

Wish there was a LIKE button.

They had no "safe"place, All they had was love for their country. We are all in their debt. That is why I stand for the anthem. To honor the ones who bravely ran on to the beach.

I can't imagine the courage it took to jump out of those boats directly into machine gun fire and watch your buddies drop all around.

My own dad was at Pearl Harbor during the attack. He had two buddy's killed next to him.

Last month I was at the Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. It was my third visit over the years and it's all I can do to hold it together when I'm there.

A huge thank you to ALL who served.