To all the troops who participated on that historic day
80th Anniversary. Let us now praise great men
- Thread starter Harvard Gamecock
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Marched willingly into near certain death.
Along with the Revolutionary war, it is the quintessential American accomplishment.
Along with the Revolutionary war, it is the quintessential American accomplishment.
Well said 18! A day in US history that should never be forgotten.
COURAGE. To go up that cliff with bullets firing all over and at them. COURAGE.
No other way to describe it.
No other way to describe it.
Indescribable, really. Add to it that many of them were 18 and 19 year old kids. Almost none of them were professional soldiers. Regular folks signed up and marched resolutely into the teeth of the one of the fiercest assaults of gunfire in human history. Makes me sad to think there's probably no way we could pull that off today. Not that we don't have brave military personnel, but to get tens of thousands of regular citizens to do that.
... agree whole heartily.
Let's also, remember the 85 days that followed when many more Allied Soldiers lost their lives liberating Normandy of France.
Let's also, remember the 85 days that followed when many more Allied Soldiers lost their lives liberating Normandy of France.
That first wave at Omaha Beach - horrific, murderous, and possibly inexcusable.To all the troops who participated on that historic day
As opposed to Sword which was lightly defended and very few casualties
It came down to the luck of draw.
Note: 2 miles inland everything changed, 21st Panzer division was laying in wait.
The last great generation. Let’s not forget all of the soldiers who died in the Pacific theatre as well! My amazing grandpa enlisted in the Navy at 17 and fought the Japanese on a destroyer hunting subs. He told me that the scariest part was trying to fall asleep in the belly of a ship knowing the enemy was hunting them at night. These guys were ****ing warriors!
Meanwhile, these little sh*ts are storming their campuses for Hamas. How brave…
I am with you guys, that these were great soldiers. It just makes my heart ache that these people died for our freedom and to make our lives better here in America, to know we have open borders and our country is declining.
Yes, my uncle was one of those! Saint-Lo, France August 1944
My grandpa was just 16 in 1940 and his brother was 17 in 1943 when they joined the military and both fought in WW2. My grandpa was in Germany and Uncle Frank in the Navy in the Pacific. Both lived to tell stories. They joined so they could send money back to the farm that is in my family in Horse Shoe NC (Hendersonville). My mother's people were dairy farmers from WNC.
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